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Definition: guinea fowl
guinea fowl
n : a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white;
native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the
world [syn:
guinea,
Numida meleagris]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Guinea fowl
Guinea
\Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n.
1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for
its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea
fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
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2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings
sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the
issue of sovereigns in 1817.
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The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go
for twenty shillings; but it never went for less
than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton.
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Guinea corn. (Bot.) See
Durra.
Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
Guinea.
Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.
Guinea fowl,
Guinea hen (Zo["o]l.), an African
gallinaceous bird, of the genus
Numida, allied to the
pheasants. The common domesticated species (
Numida meleagris
), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the
head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small
white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (
Numida cristata)
is a finer species.
Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
Amomum.
Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass (
Panicum jumentorum
) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
and Southern United States.
Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower (
Fritillaria Meleagris
) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
Guinea hen.
Guinea peach. See under
Peach.
Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the
Xylopia aromatica,
a tree of the order
Anonace[ae], found in tropical West
Africa. They are also sold under the name of
Piper [AE]thiopicum
.
Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of
Parinarium excelsum, a
large West African tree of the order
Chrysobalane[ae],
having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,
which is also called
gray plum and
rough-skin plum.
Guinea worm (Zo["o]l.), a long and slender African nematoid
worm (
Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in
the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces
painful sores.
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