gallinaceous bird

/ˌˈgæləˌˈneɪʃəs bərd/

Other forms: gallinaceous birds

Definitions of gallinaceous bird

1. noun

   heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
   synonyms: gallinacean

   types:

   domestic fowl, fowl, poultry

   a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

   gallina, jungle fowl

   small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl

   Agriocharis ocellata, ocellated turkey

   wild turkey of Central America and northern South America

   guan

   any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food

   curassow

   large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food

   chachalaca

   slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds

   megapode, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl

   large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs

   Opisthocomus hoazin, hoactzin, hoatzin, stinkbird

   crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings

   columbiform bird

   a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes

   game bird

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

   Dorking

   an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled)

   Plymouth Rock

   an American breed of domestic fowl

   Cornish, Cornish fowl

   English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters

   Rock Cornish

   small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl

   game fowl

   any of several breeds reared for cockfighting

   cochin, cochin china

   Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs

   jungle cock

   male jungle fowl

   jungle hen

   female jungle fowl

   Gallus gallus, red jungle fowl

   a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl

   Gallus gallus, chicken

   a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

   bantam

   any of various small breeds of fowl

   Meleagris gallopavo, turkey

   large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

   grouse

   popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

   piping guan

   a kind of guan

   Ortilis vetula macalli, Texas chachalaca

   of Mexico and Texas

   Leipoa ocellata, leipoa, lowan, mallee fowl

   Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds

   Alectura lathami, brush turkey

   black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea

   Macrocephalon maleo, maleo

   Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches

   phasianid

   a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae

   Numida meleagris, guinea, guinea fowl

   a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world

   partridge, tinamou

   heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

   Raphus cucullatus, dodo

   extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

   Pezophaps solitaria, solitaire

   extinct flightless bird related to the dodo

   pigeon

   wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

   sand grouse, sandgrouse

   pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young

   type of:

   bird

   warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings