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guinea fowls

  • plural
    of guinea fowl.
    guinea fowl
    noun
    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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One year, French novelist Antoine Blondin, arguably the best writer the Tour has known, found himself treated to guinea fowls at three dinners in succession.

From Reuters Jun. 26, 2013

The U.S. command is thinking of replacing them with guinea fowls, considered to be even more cantankerous and noisy about their territorial imperatives.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was the guinea fowls singingtheir guinea fowl songs.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

He said they were called guinea fowls, which sounded very exotic.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

I had also under my care a vegetable garden, a paddock of Cape barley, two horses, some guinea fowls, and a potato patch.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane

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