Definitions for jungle fowl
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jun′gle fowl`(n.)
any of several S or SE Asian forest birds of the genus Gallus, of the pheasant family, esp. G. gallus, considered to be ancestral to domestic chickens.
Category: Ornithology
Origin of jungle fowl:
1815–25
Princeton's WordNet
jungle fowl, gallina(noun)
small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
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