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guinea fowl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɡɪni ˌfaʊl/

Etymology

Named after Guinea as it was imported from there.

Meanings

1. (countable) Any of several African birds of the family Numididae (6 species) resembling partridges.
   • A tiny white head with a small red wattle hanging from its beak was peeking into our tent. It whistled softly. I laughed. A guinea fowl. 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 273:
2. (uncountable) The meat of this bird.
   • To the right is a long table housing a mouth-watering buffet of roast duck on platters, surrounded by smaller plates of guinea fowl, French bread, cold meats, and egg segments. 2012, Lynda Renham, chapter 33, in Croissants and Jam: A Romantic Comedy, 2nd edition, [Combe]: Raucous Publishing, →ISBN, page 272:
   • While Lawrence had given her the uncut version of his divorce, she had stolidly munched her way through a vast plate of guinea fowl stuffed with foie gras, boulangère potatoes and a wigwam of French beans. 1998, Judy Astley, chapter 13, in Every Good Girl, Leicester: Ulverscroft, published 1999, →ISBN, page 211:
   • The waiter reappeared with plates of guinea fowl, baked with pancetta and apples. 2015, M[ary] L[ou] Longworth, “M. Verlaque Senior Ventures Beyond the Place des Vosges”, in The Mystery of the Lost Cézanne (Verlaque and Bonnet Mysteries; 5), New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 244:

Forms

Deriveds

guinea hen · plumed guineafowl · helmeted guineafowl · crested guineafowl · black guineafowl · vulturine guineafowl · white-breasted guineafowl

Translations (102)

grc μελεαγρίς (bird) · wo naat bi (bird) · tr Beç tavuğu (bird) · vo magäbagok (bird) · ca gallina de guinea (bird) · eu pintada (bird) · ro pichire (bird) · ny nkhanga (bird) · sv pärlhöns (bird) · es gallineta (bird) · fo perluhøna (bird) · xh impangele (bird) · dsb parlickata kokoška (bird) · ga cearc ghuine (bird) · sw kanga (bird) · ro bibilică (bird) · pt galinha-d'angola (bird) · it faraona (bird) · nv naaʼahóóhaistłʼinii (bird) · as চীনা কুকুৰা (bird) · de Perlhuhn (bird) · zu impangele (bird) · cy combác (bird) · sq pulëhine (bird) · sh бѝсе̄рка (bird) · hsb parlawa (bird) · st kgaka (bird) · gl galiña de guiné (bird) · lld faraona (bird) · mk би́серка (bird) · nl parelhoen (bird) · as তিতৌ কুকুৰা (bird) · sh мо̑рка (bird) · pt galinha-da-guiné (bird) · ca pintada (bird) · sq pula faraone (bird) · gd coileach Innseanach (bird) · cy cochwat (bird) · sh mȏrka (bird) · sh мѝсӣрка (bird) · cy iâr gini (bird) · sl pegatka (bird) · pl perliczka (bird) · sv pärlhöna (hjälmpärlhöna) (bird) · sc magliocchina (bird) · pt pintada (bird) · lv pērļu vistiņa (bird) · hu gyöngytyúk (bird) · se pearalvuonccis (bird) · eo numido (bird) · ml ഗിനിക്കോഴി (bird) · cs perlička (bird) · sh bìsērka (bird) · pt estou-fraca (bird) · tum nkhanga (bird) · fi helmikana (bird) · pt capote (bird) · te గిన్నికోడి (bird) · ga coileach guine (bird) · af tarentaal (bird) · sk perlička (bird) · bg токачка (bird) · ht pentad (bird) · br klujar-Spagn (bird) · is perluhænsn (bird) · nl poelepetaat (bird) · io pintado (bird) · mpi safan (bird) · fur faraone (bird) · ar غِرْغِر (bird) · as তিতৰ (bird) · pt galinha-da-índia (bird) · syl ꠔꠤꠔꠞ (bird) · sw kororo (bird) · es gallina de Guinea (bird) · oc pintarda (bird) · os цицыр (bird) · mt farawna (bird) · gd cearc Innseanach (bird) · lt patarška (bird) · be цацарка (bird) · fur gjaline faraone (bird) · dsb parlickata kurka (bird) · no perlehøne (bird) · ta கின்னிக்கோழி (bird) · ru цеса́рка (bird) · fr pintade (bird) · hsb krjepjena (bird) · gv eeanlee injinagh (bird) · fy poepeletaat (bird) · uk цеса́рка (bird) · sc pudda de ìndias (bird) · pt cocar (bird) · es pintada (bird) · el φραγκόκοτα (bird) · grc γαράμας (bird) · xom zʉg (bird) · da perlehøne (bird) · ee tsaxe (bird) · sh mìsīrka (bird) · et pärlkana (bird) · rm giaglina perlada (bird)