Gallinaceous
31Animal — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Animal >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 animal animal animal kingdom Sgm: N 1 fauna fauna Sgm: N 1 brute creation brute creation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 beast beast brute creature …
32quail — I [[t]kweɪl[/t]] n. pl. quails, (esp. collectively)quail. 1) orn any of various small, plump New World gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Odontophorinae, of the pheasant family, as the bobwhite 2) orn any of various similar Old World… …
33gallinacean — /gæləˈneɪʃən/ (say galuh nayshuhn) noun 1. a gallinaceous bird. –adjective 2. gallinaceous …
34partridge — /ˈpatrɪdʒ / (say pahtrij) noun (plural partridges, partridge) 1. any of various gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially the grey partridge, Perdix perdix, widespread throughout Eurasia, and introduced into North America. 2 …
35pheasant — /ˈfɛzənt / (say fezuhnt) noun (plural pheasants, pheasant) 1. any of various large, long tailed, gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus and allied genera, originally native to Asia, especially the ring necked pheasant, P. colchicus, widely… …
36gallinacean — [gal΄i nā′shən] adj. GALLINACEOUS n. any gallinaceous bird …
37domestic fowl — noun a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl • Syn: ↑fowl, ↑poultry • Derivationally related forms: ↑fowl (for: ↑fowl) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
38mound-bird — noun large footed short winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs • Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound builder, ↑scrub fowl • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean …
39Achorutes nivicola — Snow Snow, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[=a]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[=e]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[=o]r, snaj[=a]r, Sw. sn[ o], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[ e]gas, Russ. snieg , Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr.… …
40Adonis autumnalis — Pheasant Pheas ant, n. [OE. fesant, fesaunt, OF. faisant, faisan, F. faisan, L. phasianus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the Phasian bird, pheasant, fr. ? a river in Colchis or Pontus.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the …
