Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of rasorial birds of the order Gallinæ, peculiar to Africa; the guinea-fowls.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zool.) A subfamily of birds including the guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Galliformes — theguineafowl .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
Etymologies
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Numida + -idae
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Examples
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Guinea-fowl (Numididae), bustards (Otididae), hornbills (Bucerotidae) and francolins Francolinus sp. are found throughout the park, and raptors such as vultures (Accipitridae), fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer, martial eagle Polemaetus bellicosus, and Gobar goshawk Melieraz gabar are also common.
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