francolin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of francolin
1585–95; < French < Italian francolino < ?
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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 francolin, or bush pheasant, whirred up out of the tall tambuti grass one or two at a time.
From In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford
The larger birds are the bittern, great and small bustard, eagle, francolin, goose; giant, grey and red-legged partridge, sand grouse, pelican, pheasant, stork and swan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
The lieutenant of the Sultan one day of the days made a banquet, and therein was a roasted francolin, which when the robber saw, he laughed a loud laugh.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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