GALLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gallus mean? 

• GALLUS (noun)
  The noun GALLUS has 2 senses:

1. elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

2. common domestic birds and related forms

  Familiarity information: GALLUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

brace; gallus; suspender

Hypernyms ("gallus" is a kind of...):

man's clothing (clothing that is designed for men to wear)

Meronyms (parts of "gallus"):

shoulder strap; strap (a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Common domestic birds and related forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gallus; genus Gallus

Hypernyms ("Gallus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Gallus"):

domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)

gallina; jungle fowl (small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl)

Holonyms ("Gallus" is a member of...):

family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)

 Context examples 

The common domestic fowl, Gallus gallus.

(Chicken, NCI Thesaurus)