GALLINACEOUS Definition & Meaning

gallinaceous

[ gal-uh-ney-shuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the group of mainly heavy-bodied, ground-feeding domestic and game birds that comprise the order Galliformes, which includes all species of chicken, turkey, grouse, pheasant, quail, and partridge.

gallinaceous

/ ˌɡæ��ɪˈ�Ա�ɪʃə�� /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Galliformes, an order of birds, including domestic fowl, pheasants, grouse, etc, having a heavy rounded body, short bill, and strong legs
of, relating to, or resembling the domestic fowl

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Origin of gallinaceous¹

First recorded in 1775–85; from Latin ��ī��峦��ܲ� “pertaining to poultry,” equivalent to ��ī��(��) “hen” (derivative of gallus “cock, rooster”) + -�峦��ܲ� adjective suffix; -aceous

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Origin of gallinaceous¹

C18: from Latin ��ī��峦��ܲ�, from ��ī�Բ� hen

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Example Sentences

This gallinaceous volume — possibly his 32nd, who can keep count? — includes a gallery of his paintings of chickens, anecdotes from his remarkable life and recipes that are more story than instruction.

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And the gusto with which the last stanza turns the idea on its head, and rejects, after all, the precautionary measure of counting chickens, is highly satisfying: "A gallinaceous fixation beclouds the mind."

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Nearly all the diseases of gallinaceous fowls arise from cold moisture.

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In common with the family to which they belong, they have the hind toe of the foot placed on a level with the others, thus resembling the pigeons, and unlike the majority of gallinaceous birds.

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Turkey, turk′i, n. a large gallinaceous bird, a native of America—not Turkey.—ns.

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