game bird
any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws.
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How to use game bird in a sentence
He began chukar hunting eight years ago, and now, pursuing the game bird makes up most of his time afield.
These game birds introduced from the Middle East and southern Asia thrive in the steep slopes and treacherous terrain of the Great Basin region of the western United States, where they’ve evaded many a hopeful hunter.
But give the valley quail cover in which to hide and it can and will out-hide any game bird except the Montezuma quail of Mexico.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast | Harry Thom PayneAfter a few days' hunting I found them a very satisfactory game bird.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast | Harry Thom PayneIf there is any member of the feathered tribe entitled to the designation of royal game bird, it is the wild turkey.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast | Harry Thom Payne
Another favorite game bird, but one which requires skill to hunt successfully.
The Bird Book | Chester A. ReedThere exists but a single resident species of true game-bird—the redleg.
Unexplored Spain | Abel Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for game bird
a bird of any species hunted as game
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