Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the order Galliformes, which includes poultry, pheasants, and grouse.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the characters of a bird of the order Gallinæ or Gallinaceæ; rasorial.

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

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.

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  • adjective zoology related to the genus galina, poultry; notably said of the order Galliformes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin gallīnāceus, of poultry, from gallīna, hen, feminine of gallus, cock; see gal- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Latin gallinaceus, from gallina 'hen', itself from gallus 'cock'

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  • "'And to be sure there is a superficial resemblance to a partridge: though I doubt it is a gallinaceous bird at all.'

    'So do I. We call it and its cousin tuya.'

    'I believe it is one of Latham's tinamous.'"

    --P. O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 204

    March 16, 2008