The guinea-fowl, or the female of the same.

Short for guinea fowl, n., guinea hen, n. Obsolete.

The Guinea-fowl. Obsolete.

A guineafowl. Now chiefly (in French form pintade) as an article of food.

a name of the guinea fowl from its marking.

the guinea fowl (? from its speckled or powdered appearance).

A gallinaceous bird of the genus Numida, esp. N. Meleagris, which is a common domestic fowl in Europe. It has slate-coloured plumage with white spots.

(a) a guinea hen or guinea fowl (also figurative); (b) jocularly a native African.

A guinea fowl.

A guineafowl (family Numididae).

Either of two guineafowl of the family Numididæ, the crowned guineafowl, Numida meleagris, or the crested guineafowl, Guttera edouardi, both…

English regional (Devon). A guineafowl. rare.