green junglefowl

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green junglefowl (plural green junglefowl or green junglefowls)

  1. A species of junglefowl, Gallus varius, native to Java and several islands near it to the east.
    • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 170:
      I also obtained here a specimen of the rare green jungle-fowl (Gallus furcatus), whose back and neck are beautifully scaled with bronzy feathers, and whose smooth-edged oval comb is of a violet purple colour, changing to green at the base.

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