Guinea fowl

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of several African birds of the family Numididae (6 species) resembling partridges.

   “A tiny white head with a small red wattle hanging from its beak was peeking into our tent. It whistled softly. I laughed. A guinea fowl.”

2. isim The meat of this bird.

   “While Lawrence had given her the uncut version of his divorce, she had stolidly munched her way through a vast plate of guinea fowl stuffed with foie gras, boulangère potatoes and a wigwam of French beans.”

3. isim Alternative letter-case form of guinea fowl.

   “And it is not a little ſurpriſing that the Guinea fowls, which are real natives of the country, and are ſoon domeſticated, ſhould be neglected by them; for it is never ſeen tame but in poſſeſſion of the Whites, or of thoſe who adopt their manners.”