game bird
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3.2
- noun
- /ɡeɪm bɜrd/
:
ave de caza
- Some of the region's largest populations of game birds—ducks, Canada geese, quails, pheasants, and chukars—nest there as well.
Examples
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The game birds could be baked in clay for Maura to have later.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mostly he shoots game birds.
Fiction book (2002) -
A game bird related to a partridge.
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Grey and black francolins are the prime game birds of Pakistan.
Academic text (2015) -
Rimrock's seeds also make an excellent food for game birds like mourning doves and valley quail or for songbirds such as green-tailed towhees.
Academic text (2000) -
Like most of the Adirondack men she knew, Noonan was a dedicated, lifelong hunter—mainly of deer, but also of game birds and rabbits, which he fed to his family and sometimes put on the restaurant menu as well.
Fiction book (2000) -
Many hunters enjoy tracking and shooting game birds such as pheasants and quails in the open fields.
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During the autumn season, we often prepare delicious meals featuring roasted game birds that we have hunted ourselves.
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To ensure a successful hunt, it's essential to know the habitat of the game birds you are pursuing.
Synonyms
521
3.9
Wild animals like deer or birds that people hunt for food
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4.2
A small round bird with a short tail that lives in fields
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5.9
A large bird with a long tail, often brightly colored and found in fields and woods
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4.8
A medium plump wild bird with a short tail often hunted for food
A small bird with a long bill often hunted for food and sport
A bird like a pheasant or partridge often kept for hunting
A large heavy bird like a chicken or turkey that feeds on the ground
A heavy ground bird like a chicken kept for meat or sport
A wild turkey that lives in the bush and has tougher meat
Wild birds like ducks and geese that live near water and are often hunted
How Wild
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bird hunted for sport or food' is directly and transparently composed from 'game' (animals pursued for sport or meat) and 'bird' (a feathered animal). This is a regular noun-noun compound following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Game bird comes from an older use of game meaning wild animals people hunt. So a game bird is literally a bird that is 'hunted' or kept 'for food or sport'.