guinea fowl
or guin·ea·fowl
any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
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How to use guinea fowl in a sentence
They had planned dinners together every night and ate guinea fowl, duck and other “interesting” dishes.
Jeff Goldblum Says Justin Bieber Should Play Him in ‘Jurassic Park’ Reboot | Melissa Leon | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it was her light dinner—typically a broth with vegetables and either chicken or guinea fowl—that Wheeler saw as key.
A woody hillside, populated by my pet chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl, trying to find their missing feathers.
Another time he fed me and Paul a dinner of guinea fowl and Barbancourt rum.
But what I started to tell about is the persistence the guinea fowl show in adopting the stable as a home.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthur
But just as I got rid of the hens the guinea fowl decided that the weather was getting altogether too severe for outdoor life.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurBut it is as fabricators of new and fiendish noises that the guinea fowl are in a class by themselves.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurWhen we start eating these guinea fowl I am going to dissect one to find out what its vocal cords are made of.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurIt is also followed at times for cooking guinea fowl, partridges, pheasants, and similar small birds.
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British Dictionary definitions for guinea fowl
any gallinaceous bird, esp Numida meleagris, of the family Numididae of Africa and SW Asia, having a dark plumage mottled with white, a naked head and neck, and a heavy rounded body
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