单词 | galeeny |
释义 | galeenyn. A guinea fowl. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > family Numididae > member of (guinea-fowl) guinea-hen1599 Guinea1620 turkey1655 pintado1666 chequer-bird1745 tamis-bird1774 guinea fowl1788 Guinea bird1792 galeeny1796 come-back1811 tarentaal1827 tompot1891 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxv. 234 They had also here the tame galinas, or Guinea-hens, called tokay. 1801 J. Austen Let. 14 Jan. (1995) 73 Bantam-Cocks & Galinies. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 176 Galaney, a fowl. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. vi. 68 Men is desaving, and so is galanies. 1887 Mrs. M. L. Woods Village Tragedy ii ‘Girls..as don't know a hen's egg from a galeeny's’. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Galainy, a guinea fowl. 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Gallini, the Guinea fowl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1796 |
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