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game bird

DEFINITIONS OF: game bird

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n any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport

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grouse
popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
phasianid
a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae
partridge, tinamou
heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
black grouse
grouse of which the male is bluish-black
ptarmigan
large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage
Tetrao urogallus, capercaillie, capercailzie, horse of the wood
large black Old World grouse
Canachites canadensis, spruce grouse
North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles
Centrocercus urophasianus, sage grouse, sage hen
large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America
Bonasa umbellus, partridge, ruffed grouse
valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
Pedioecetes phasianellus, sharp-tailed grouse, sprig tail, sprigtail
large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America
prairie chicken, prairie fowl, prairie grouse
brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
pheasant
large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
quail
small gallinaceous game birds
partridge
small Old World gallinaceous game birds
Type of:
gallinacean, gallinaceous bird
heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
game
animal hunted for food or sport
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