gallinaceous

• If you're wondering, the part of gallinaceous anatomy that Danilo is mimicking is called a caruncle, or cockscomb. —  SB Nation Featured Posts
• The duck is the most domestic of birds and will thrive under more machine-like methods and without that touch of nature and of the owner's kindly interest so necessary to the welfare of the fowls of the gallinaceous order. —  The Dollar Hen
• This bird is of the same order as the Dodo (the gallinaceous, cock or pheasant), figured and described at page 311. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 576, November 17, 1832
• [15] Imagine a bird of the gallinaceous (_gallus_, cock, or pheasant) tribe, considerably larger than a turkey, and consequently adapted for food, totally incapable of flying, and so unwieldy as to be easily run down, and it must be quite obvious that such a bird could not long continue to exist in any country to which mankind extended their dominion. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832
• But as soon as the bird is seen flying, its whole appearance changes; the long pointed wings, so different from those in the gallinaceous order, the irregular manner of flight, and plaintive cry uttered at the moment of rising, recall the idea of a snipe. —  The Voyage of the Beagle

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