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JUNGLE FOWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jungle fowl mean? 

JUNGLE FOWL (noun)
  The noun JUNGLE FOWL has 1 sense:

1. small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowlplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


JUNGLE FOWL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gallina; jungle fowl

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

gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)

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

jungle cock (male jungle fowl)

jungle hen (female jungle fowl)

Gallus gallus; red jungle fowl (a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl)

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

Gallus; genus Gallus (common domestic birds and related forms)


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