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Webster 1913 Edition

Gallinae

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Gal-li′nae

,

Noun.

;

pl.

[NL., fr. L.

gallina

a hen,

gallus

a cock.]

(Zool.)

An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; – sometimes called

Rasores

.