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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the form or structure of a gallinaceous bird; of gallinaceous affinities; galline.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to a chicken or other member of the order Galliformes
  • noun Any bird in this order

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