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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. 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. 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. 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 (N. 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 (N. 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 pig. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.] (a) (Zo["o]l.) A small Brazilian rodent (Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black.

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- 8 oz). Guinea hens weigh more than guinea ****s, possibly because of the larger reproductive organs in the female compared to the male guinea fowl. Also...
- On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a 2024 comedy drama film written and directed by Rungano Nyoni. The film will compete in the Un Certain Regard section at...
- to flutter onto low branches barely a w**** after hatching. Helmeted guinea fowl are seasonal breeders. Summer is the peak breeding season in which the...
- Encyclopædia Britannica lists the same bird groups but also includes guinea fowl and squabs (young pigeons). In R. D. Crawford's Poultry breeding and...
- exhibition poultry in Australia, covering chickens, turkey, geese, ducks and guinea fowl. Call duck. bantam. Australian Poultry Standards (2nd ed.). Victorian...
- mourned for their lost brother, Meleager, so she transformed them into Guinea fowl to be her favorite animals. Hawks were the favored birds of many of the...
- becoming known as turkey coqs or turkey-****s. This happened first to guinea fowl native to Madagascar, and then to the domesticated turkeys themselves...
- Konkomba–Nanumba conflict (also known as the Guinea fowl war) was a tribal war in Northern Ghana in 1994. It was fought between the Konkombas and the...
- northwestern Cameroon G. v. verreauxi (Elliot, 1870) – Lindi crested guineafowl – Guinea-Bissau to western Kenya, Angola, and Zambia CRC Handbook of Avian Body M****es...
- distributed in subtropical West African forests of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Although preferring a more dry climate, the...