gallinaceous
Definition of gallinaceous:
part of speech: adjective
Denoting birds like the domestic fowl, pheasant, turkey, & c.
Usage examples:
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Two pigeons and four species of quail are all the rasorial birds in the island; the true gallinaceous birds being wholly wanting.
John West in "The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)". -
In 1868, in the course of a memoir on the anatomy of the gallinaceous birds and their allies, he made a useful attempt, nearly the first of its kind, to correlate anatomical facts with geographical distribution.
P. Chalmers Mitchell in "Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work". -
In less time than it takes to tell it, that gallinaceous army had passed out of sight, forever.
George W. Sears in "Woodcraft".