Francolin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various Eurasian or African birds of the genus Francolinus, related to and resembling the quails and partridges.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various terrestrial partridges of the genus Francolinus, found chiefly in Africa.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A partridge of the genus Francolinus.
    • Word Usage
    "Other birds include scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni, mountane francolin Francolinus psilolaemus, Mackinder's eagle owl Bubo capensis mackinderi, and the locally threatened scarce swift Schoutedenapus myioptilus."
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