gallinacean
English edit
Noun edit
gallinacean (plural gallinaceans)
- (zoology, archaic) One of the former taxonomic order Gallinae (gallinaceous birds) of birds resembling fowl.
References edit
- “gallinacean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.