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GAME BIRD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("game bird" is a kind of...):
gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)
game (animal hunted for food or sport)
Domain member category:
grouse (flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil)
quail (flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised)
pheasant (flesh of a pheasant; usually braised)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "game bird"):
grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)
phasianid (a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae)
partridge; tinamou (heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds)