game bird in English

noun

1

a bird hunted for sport or food.

Some hunters are asked to maintain a harvest log over the hunting season, listing days they hunted migratory game birds and the number of birds they take.

2

a bird of a large group that includes pheasants, grouse, quails, guineafowl, guans, etc..

Besides non-migratory game birds like pheasants, there are only three species in the lower 48 states that are not protected by the MBTA.

Use "game bird" in a sentence

1. The Bobwhite quail was once the most popular game bird in the South

2. Savoury filo recipes next week; then we want the best recipe for game-bird stuffings.

3. The Bobwhite Quail is a small, quick, alert game bird with elegantly striped and speckled plumage

4. Bobwhite definition is - any of a genus (Colinus) of New World quail; especially : a popular game bird (C

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6. Though their popularity with poultry fanciers waned, the use of broody Nankin hens to incubate game bird eggs may have kept the breed from disappearing altogether.

7. Abstract Sales of federal Migratory Game Bird Hunting Permits (hereafter referred to as "Permits") in Canada fell from 375 000 in 1985 to 204 000 in 1998 (–46%).

8. Bobolink is also called “butter bird”, because it gorges itself in Georgia and South Carolina, causing it to become so fat that it is hunted as a game bird

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