gallinacé

Definitions of gallinacé
  1. noun
    heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
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    volaille
    a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
    columbiformes
    a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
    gibier à plumes
    any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport
    poule
    a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
    grouse, tétras
    popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
    phasianidés
    a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae
    pigeon
    wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
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    oiseau
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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