game bird

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   any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport

   Broadergamegallinaceous bird

   Narrowergrousephasianidtinamou

Questions about game bird

What does game bird mean?

game bird means "any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport".

Is game bird a common word?

game bird is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.