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Gallinaceous

Gallinaceous. Order of birds that includes pheasants and grouse Build their nest on the ground and females lay large clutches of eggs. Clutch. Nest of eggs or brood of chicks. polygamous. A mating behavior in animals have more than one mate at a time. polygynous.

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Gallinaceous

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  1. Gallinaceous • Order of birds that includes pheasants and grouse • Build their nest on the ground and females lay large clutches of eggs.

  2. Clutch • Nest of eggs or brood of chicks

  3. polygamous • A mating behavior in animals have more than one mate at a time

  4. polygynous • A mating behavior in which a male mates with more than one female

  5. monogamous • A mating behavior in which male and female bond as a pair and mate • One mate

  6. Polyandry • A mating behavior in which a female mate with more than one male

  7. plume • Showy feather that develops upward and curves forward on the head of a quail or other plumed bird

  8. covey • A small flock of quail or partridges that are often members of the same family group

  9. catkin • The flowering parts of some trees that are used as food by squirrels, grouse and other birds during the winter season.

  10. scrape • A shallow depression that has been scratched out of the ground. It is sometimes lined with vegetation and used for a nest.

  11. wattle • Red tissue on the face of a bird, such as a turkey, that swells with blood and takes on a bright red color during mating display.

  12. Beard • An unusual tuft of feathers that dangles from the breast of a bird such as a turkey.

  13. crop • An organ located in the digestive tracts of birds and some other organisms where food is stored before it is digested.

  14. gizzard • A muscular organ in the digestive tract which birds, reptiles and other organisms that use small rocks and pebbles to grind food into small particles.

  15. squab • A young pigeon or dove

  16. Pigeon milk • A food that is composed of cells secreted in the crops of both parents, having the appearance of food value of cottage cheese.

  17. fledge • To grow enough feathers for a young bird to be capable of flying.

  18. drake • Male duck

  19. hen • Female duck

  20. Jake • Young male turkey

  21. Tom or gobbler • Mature male turkey

  22. jenny • Young female turkey

  23. Hen • Mature female turkey

  24. Waterfowl • Swimming game birds that live in water habitats

  25. avian • Of, relating to, or deriving from birds

  26. oviparous • Reproducing by laying eggs that develop and hatch outside the females body

  27. incubation • Process by which fertilized eggs are warmed by the body of a parent to create a constant temperature until they hatch.

  28. viviparous • To give birth to live young

  29. ornithology • The branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds.

  30. down • The soft, fluffy feathers beneath the outer feathers of a bird that insulate it from heat and cold

  31. plumage • All the feathers of a bird

  32. lamellae • Small, comblike projections on the bills of some bill of some ducks that they use to strain small food particles out of the water.

  33. duckling • Young duck

  34. molt • A process in which an animal loses its old outer covering such as feathers, skins, shells and so forth, and replaces them with new ones

  35. gosling • A young goose

  36. grit • Small rocks and pebbles that are swallowed whole by birds for use in grinding seeds and other food materials in the gizzard

  37. gizzard • A muscular organ in the digestive tract of birds, reptiles, and other organisms that use small rocks and pebbles to grind food into small particles

  38. cygnet • A young swan

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