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galeny

galeny noun: a guinea fowl.

Noun

galeny (plural galenies)

  1. (UK, West-Country, archaic) A guinea fowl.
    • From the dairy we passed into the poultry-yard; and there I was introduced to a train of milk-white turkeys, and fowls of the same colour, a few bantams, and three galenies, Mrs. Helen's especial favourites, […]1829, Caroline Bowles Southey, Chapters on Churchyards, page 114

Forms of galeny

pluralgalenies
alternative formgaleeny

Origin of galeny

From Latin gallīna (“hen”).

Questions about galeny

What does galeny mean?
Galeny means a guinea fowl.
What part of speech is galeny?
Galeny is a noun.
What is the plural of galeny?
The plural of galeny is galenies.

Words near galeny in the dictionary

  1. galenoid
  2. Galens
  3. Galentine
  4. Galentine's Day
  5. Galentines
  6. galeny
  7. galeommatid
  8. galeommatids
  9. galeommatoidean
  10. galeommatoideans
  11. galeomorph

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