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• Gallinaceous birds — are heavy bodied ground feeding domestic or game birds, including grouse, ptarmigans, turkeys, pheasants, quail, partridges, fowl, chachalacas, and curassows – all in the order Galliformes. This order contains four families: family Tetraonidae… …   Wikipedia

• Birds International — Incorporated or BII (not to be confused with BirdLife International, an environmental non governmental organization and not affiliated with the short lived quarterly publication Birds International by Joe Forshaw) is a company working in the… …   Wikipedia

• gallinaceous — [gal΄i nā′shəs] adj. [L gallinaceus < gallina, hen < gallus, a cock] of an order (Galliformes) of birds that nest on the ground, including turkeys, chickens, pheasants, and grouse …   English World dictionary

• gallinaceous — [ˌgalɪ neɪʃəs] adjective relating to or denoting birds of an order (Galliformes) which includes domestic poultry and game birds. Origin C18: from L. gallinaceus (from gallina hen ) + ous …   English new terms dictionary

• gallinaceous — adjective Etymology: Latin gallinaceus of domestic fowl, from gallina hen, from gallus cock Date: 1693 of or relating to an order (Galliformes) of heavy bodied largely terrestrial birds including the pheasants, turkeys, grouse, and the common… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gallinaceous — /gal euh nay sheuhs/, adj. 1. pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls. 2. belonging or pertaining to the order Galliformes, comprising medium sized, mainly ground feeding domestic or game birds, as the chicken, turkey, grouse, pheasant,… …   Universalium