numida meleagris

Questions about numida meleagris

What does numida meleagris mean?

numida meleagris means "a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world".

What is another word for numida meleagris?

Close synonyms include guinea fowl, guinea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is numida meleagris a common word?

numida meleagris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.