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Guinea fowl   /gˈɪni faʊl/   Listen
Guinea fowl

noun
1.
A west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world.  Synonyms: guinea, Numida meleagris.





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"Guinea fowl" Quotes from Famous Books



... mournful cry of a curlew, disturbed by the splash of the oars, while sometimes a heavy flapping of wings was heard amid the mangroves, and out would start suddenly three or four white ibises with black necks, giving utterance to a peculiar cry, which faintly resembles that of the male guinea fowl. All else was deep ...
— Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. • J Lort Stokes


Words linked to "Guinea fowl" :   fowl, poultry, guinea hen, Numida, domestic fowl, genus Numida


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