† guinea-cockn.
Obsolete.
The male of the guinea-fowl; the guinea-fowl (earlier called turkey-cock).
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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 166v I would faine learne the right ordring of their outlandish Birds, called Ginny Cocks, & Turky Cocks... Before the yeere of our Lord .1530. they were not seene with vs.
1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 108 We found in this place..great plentie of partriges, Guiniecocks, and other wilde foules.
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. K5 The Ginny-Cocke was first brought out of Numidia, into Italy.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 332 We haue written alreadie of the Ginny or Turky cocks and hens, vpon whom Nature hath bestowed a folding crest.
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