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    JUNGLE FOWL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    gallina; jungle fowl

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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