gallina

Other forms: gallinas

Definitions of gallina
  1. noun
    small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
    synonyms: jungle fowl
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    types:
    jungle cock
    male jungle fowl
    jungle hen
    female jungle fowl
    Gallus gallus, red jungle fowl
    a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl
    type of:
    gallinacean, gallinaceous bird
    heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
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