gallinacean

English

Noun

gallinacean (plural gallinaceans)

1. (zoology, archaic) One of the former taxonomic order Gallinae (gallinaceous birds) of birds resembling fowl.

References

• “gallinacean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.