English > Galliformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins. |
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| Synonym | order Galliformes |
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| Member of | Aves, class Aves | (ornithology) the class of birds |
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| Members | Cracidae, family Cracidae | curassows |
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| Megapodiidae, family Megapodiidae | megapodes |
| Meleagrididae, family Meleagrididae | turkeys and some extinct forms |
| Opisthocomidae, family Opisthocomidae | Comprising the hoatzins |
| Phasianidae, family Phasianidae | pheasants |
| Tetraonidae, family Tetraonidae | grouse |
| gallinaceous bird, gallinacean | Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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| Spanish | galliformes, Galliformes, orden Galliformes |
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| Catalan | Gal·liforme, gal·liformes, galliformes, Galliformes |
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