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
On the coast of Karamania the ibex is to be found in considerable quantities; the red-legged partridge and the francolin are also very abundant, and give capital sport.
From Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha by Hobart-Hampden, Augustus Charles
Of game birds there are: five kinds of francolin, two kinds of knorhaan, sand grouse, quail and crested paauw.
From Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 by Wood, William Charles Henry
Partly wooded … and with thickets of reeds abounding with francolin and Jirufti partridge….
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
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