Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
guinea fowl .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word guineafowl.
Examples
-
Hechter said he had patches of memory, such as guineafowl on a path at the farm near Pienaars River, Northern Province, where the three were killed, and of buying a chain for the farm gate, but could not remember the "terrible deed" of murdering the three.
-
He said he had patches of memory, such as guineafowl on a path at the farm where the three were killed, and of buying a chain for the farm gate, but could not remember the "terrible deed" of murdering the men.
-
Over 230 bird species have been recorded, 143 typical of primary forest, including white-breasted guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides (E), Nimba flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae (I), western wattled cuckoo-shrike Campephaga lobata (V), and yellow-throated olive greenbul Criniger olivaceus (V).
-
But might they actually help cocks to shed heat (like the casque of the Helmeted guineafowl), rather than allow overheating as do the display structures of turkeys?
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
-
Threats to the Chirinda Forest Reserve include poaching (particularly for blue duiker and guineafowl), the collection of firewood and the gathering of traditional herbal medicines.
-
We start with Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris (photo at left).
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
-
A rich and varied bird life is found here, including forest species such as the trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator), Knysna and purple-crested louries (Tauraco corythaix, T. porphyreolophus), crested guineafowl (Guttera pucherani) and the crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus).
-
But, like the crest of the guineafowl, could these structures have a thermoregulatory role as well?
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
-
The effectiveness of Helmeted guineafowl in the control of the deer tick, the vector of Lyme disease.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
-
The turkey cock also known as a African helmeted guineafowl was so-called because it was at one time imported through Turkey.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » The polysemous paragon, or How the turkey got its name 2007
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.