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gallinaceous, a.|ˌgælɪˈneɪʃəs|
[f. L. gallīnāce-us (f. gallīna a hen) + -ous.]
1. Of or belonging to the order Gallinæ, which comprises all the ordinary domestic poultry, and many other birds, such as pheasants, partridges, etc.
1783Latham Synopsis Birds II. ii. 668 Order V. Gallinaceous. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. xv. 185 Spallanzani has remarked a circumstantial resemblance between the stomachs of gallinaceous fowls and the structure of corn-mills. 1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing II. 77 An example of the want of wisdom in the gallinaceous tribe.
2. humorously.
a. Resembling that of a cock; ‘cocky’.
b. Consisting of fowls.
1879G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie I. xix. 255 With all the gathered wisdom of Edinburgh in his gallinaceous cranium. 1885A. Brassey The Trades 493 We returned to the hotel, where another meal, as gallinaceous as that of yesterday, awaited us. |