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guinea fowls

guinea fowls is the plural of guinea fowl.

Meaning of guinea fowl

Noun

guinea fowl (countable and uncountable, plural guinea fowls or guinea fowl)

  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.
    • 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

Noun capitalized: Guinea fowls

Guinea fowls

  1. (plural) plural of Guinea fowl

Questions about guinea fowls

What is guinea fowls the plural of?
Guinea fowls is the plural of guinea fowl.
What part of speech is guinea fowls?
Guinea fowls is a noun.

Words near guinea fowls in the dictionary

  1. guinea
  2. Guinea arrowroot
  3. Guinea corn
  4. Guinea deer
  5. guinea fowl
  6. guinea fowls
  7. guinea grains
  8. Guinea grass
  9. guinea hen
  10. guinea hen weed
  11. guinea keet

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