gallinaceousadj.
/ˌɡalɪˈneɪʃəs/ 1. Of or belonging to the order Gallinæ, which comprises all the ordinary domestic poultry, and many other birds, such as pheasants, partridges, etc.
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gallinaceous1783
galline1883
1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 668 Order V. Gallinaceous.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xv. 287 Spallanzani has remarked a circumstantial resemblance between the stomachs of gallinaceous fowls and the structure of corn-mills.
1861 G. 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’.
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cockish1577
cock-a-doodle-dooing1599
gallinaceous1879
henny1929
1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. xix. 255 With all the gathered wisdom of Edinburgh in his gallinaceous cranium.
b. Consisting of fowls.
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gallinaceous1885
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 493 We returned to the hotel, where another meal, as gallinaceous as that of yesterday, awaited us.
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adj.1783