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GALLINACEOUS

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gal⋅li⋅na⋅ceous

  [gal-uh-ney-shuhs]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
2. belonging or pertaining to the order Galliformes, comprising medium-sized, mainly ground-feeding domestic or game birds, as the chicken, turkey, grouse, pheasant, and partridge.
Origin:
1775–85; < L gallīnāceus pertaining to poultry, equiv. to gallīn(a) hen (deriv. of gallus cock) + -āceus -aceous
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gal·li·na·ceous   (gāl'ə-nā'shəs)   
adj.  

  1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the order Galliformes, which includes the common domestic fowl as well as the pheasants, turkeys, and grouse.

  2. Relating to or resembling the domestic fowl.


[From Latin gallīnāceus, of poultry, from gallīna, hen, feminine of gallus, cock; see gal- in Indo-European roots.]
gal'li·na'cean n.
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