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GALLINACEOUS

\ɡˌalɪnˈe͡ɪʃəs], \ɡˌalɪnˈe‍ɪʃəs], \ɡ_ˌa_l_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\

Definitions of GALLINACEOUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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of or relating to a gallinacean

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Like, or pertaining to domestic fowls; of that class of fowls which includes barnyard fowls, turkeys, etc.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Pertaining to the order of birds to which the domestic fowl, pheasant, etc., belong.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Pertaining to the order of birds to which the domestic fowl belongs.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Pertaining to the common hen, turkeys, partridges, etc.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Pertaining to domestic fowls or pheasants.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Denoting birds like the domestic fowl, pheasant, turkey, &c.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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