francolin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of francolin
1585–95; < French < Italian francolino < ?
Example Sentences
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I woke up before sunrise to the twitter — “see here, see here” — of a small, reclusive gray francolin.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2011
Hungarian and chukar partridges from Europe and India thrive so well that stocking experiments are being conducted with the black francolin from Pakistan, the red jungle fowl from Kashmir, and the Himalayan snow cock.
From Time Magazine Archive
The weaver birds and their allies, including the long-tailed whydahs, are abundant, as are, among game-birds, the francolin and guinea-fowl.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Partly wooded … and with thickets of reeds abounding with francolin and Jirufti partridge….
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
That evening we had a delicious dinner of francolin partridges.
From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Sir Samuel White Baker
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