Game-bird synonyms
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pheasant
A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
Any of a family (Tetraonidae) of gallinaceous game birds with a round, plump body, feathered legs, feather-covered nostrils, and mottled feathers, as the ruffed grouse or sage grouse
Any of several game birds, such as the ruffed grouse or the bobwhite, similar to a partridge.
Any of various similar or related birds of the Americas, such as the bobwhite or the California quail.
wild-turkey
A large gamebird, Meleagris gallopavo, native to North America.
plover
Any of a worldwide family (Charadriidae) of shorebirds, having a short tail, long, pointed wings, a short, stout beak, and, usually, brown or gray feathers
(By extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
woodcock
A migratory European shorebird (Scolopax rusticola) with short legs and a long bill, of the same family (Scolopacidae) as snipe: it is hunted as game
curlew
Any of several brownish, long-legged shorebirds of the genus Numenius, having long, slender, downward-curving bills.
Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae.
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