| 1. | the female of the guinea fowl. |
| 2. | any member of the guinea fowl family. |

| guinea fowl n. Any of several pheasantlike birds of the family Numididae native to Africa, especially a widely domesticated species (Numida meleagris) having blackish plumage marked with many small white spots. Also called guinea hen. [After the Guinea coast of Africa.] |