Gallus

[ US /ˈɡæɫəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. common domestic birds and related forms
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  • They include the harpy eagle Harpia harpyja, the largest raptor in South America, the savanna hawk Buteogallus meridionalis, the jabiru Jabiru mycteria, a large water bird; and the great tinamou, Tinamus major a large land bird. Canaima National Park, Venezuela
  • Ram chikor, The great snow partridge (_Tetragallus Himalayensis_). A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
  • There are several other high-elevation specialists, such as the Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis), Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae), snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa), Satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra), lammergeier, and the Himalayan griffon, that also need conservation attention. Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
  • Their spokesman was a brash young card in a cut-away coat with his thumbs hooked in his galluses. Isabelle
  • He was born in the town of St Gallen, which was founded by an Irish monk named Gallus.
  • The Scots word for braces, straps supporting trousers from the shoulders, is sometimes spelt ‘galluses’ and is a corruption of the term ‘gallows’, the apparatus for capital punishment by hanging.
  • Why he is represented with a cock is a disputed point, which is now made clear: next after _gallus gallinaceus_ [135] himself, there is no crower like the circle-squarer. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)
  • These include the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and the ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus). Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests
  • galluses" for sale, -- gallus being a shop-boy's term at the time for suspenders. Cambridge Sketches
  • Then he served the trousers and the "galluses" the same way; likewise Benny Ellison's socks. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill
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