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landfowl

landfowl noun: any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species.

Noun

landfowl (plural landfowl or landfowls)

  1. Any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species.

Forms of landfowl

plurallandfowl
plurallandfowls
alternative formland-fowl
alternative formland fowl

Origin of landfowl

From land + fowl.

Questions about landfowl

What does landfowl mean?
Landfowl means any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species.
What part of speech is landfowl?
Landfowl is a noun.
What is the plural of landfowl?
The plural of landfowl is landfowl.

Words near landfowl in the dictionary

  1. landforce
  2. landforces
  3. Landford
  4. landform
  5. landforms
  6. landfowl
  7. landfowls
  8. landful
  9. landfyrd
  10. landfyrds
  11. landgable

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