GUINEA FOWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guinea fowl mean? 

• GUINEA FOWL (noun)
  The noun GUINEA FOWL has 1 sense:

1. a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world

  Familiarity information: GUINEA FOWL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUINEA FOWL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

guinea; guinea fowl; Numida meleagris

Hypernyms ("guinea fowl" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "guinea fowl"):

guinea hen (flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guinea fowl"):

guinea hen (female guinea fowl)

Holonyms ("guinea fowl" is a member of...):

genus Numida; Numida (guinea fowl)