red jungle fowl
- noun
- /rɛd ˈdʒʌŋɡəl faʊl/
- Indian
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gallo de jungla rojo
- In Asia, there is a red jungle fowl that mated with a grey jungle fowl, which made the first chicken egg after crossbreeding.
Examples
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The chicken is the domesticated version of the red jungle fowl.
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In Asia, the red jungle fowl is often found in forested areas.
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Wild red jungle fowl are the ancestors of today's chickens.
Academic text (2005) -
Wild red jungle fowl are the ancestors of today's chickens.
Synonyms
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A small wild bird from South and Southeast Asia that became the domestic chicken
A wild bird from Southeast Asia that is the ancestor of the domestic chicken
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly recoverable by combining 'red' (a color) with 'jungle' (tropical forest) and 'fowl' (a bird): i.e. a bird from the jungle that is red. This is a straightforward adjectival + noun-compound composition found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the basic meaning.
Etymology
Red jungle fowl describes a wild bird: red for its reddish feathers, jungle for its forest home, and fowl meaning bird. Because it is the wild 'ancestor' of our chickens, the name points to the wild bird that became the domestic chicken.