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guinea fowlAny of a group of chickenlike African birds, including the helmet guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), which has a horny growth on the head, white-spotted feathers, and fleshy cheek wattles (loose folds of skin). It is the ancestor of the domestic guinea fowl. Guinea fowl are mostly gregarious ground-feeders, eating insects, leaves, and snails; at night they roost in trees. (Family Numididae, order Galliformes.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Take guinea fowl supremes and fry, skin side down in two tablespoons of oil until golden brown. Blagdon also produces Aylesbury ducks, chickens and guinea fowl. Characters include a cannibal, a talking guinea fowl, a wicked leopard who eats her own children, a bird that gives delicious milk, a greedy father who eats while his family starves, a nagging aunt who is eaten by a strange animal, a wife who could not work, a snail who wants to be a farmer, and a man with a tree growing out of his head. |
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