game bird

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [geym burd]
- /geɪm bɜrd/
- /ɡeɪm bɜːd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [geym burd]
- /geɪm bɜrd/

Definitions of game bird words

noun game bird any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws. 1
noun game bird wild bird: hunted 1
countable noun game bird Game birds are birds which are shot for food or for sport. 0
noun game bird a bird of any species hunted as game 0

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Origin of game bird

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70

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Parts of speech for Game bird

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game bird popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for game bird

noun game bird

grouse — any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
curlew — A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry.
partridge — any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
pheasant — any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.

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