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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The guinea-fowl, Numida meleagris: so called from the pearlaceous plumage. Also called
pearl-hen . See cut underNumida . - noun An African scansorial bar-bet of the genus Trachyphonus, as T. magaritatus. so called from the profusion of pearly-white spots.
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