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game bird

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

How To Use game bird In A Sentence

  • The rest included poaching of game birds, hare coursing and badger baiting. Times, Sunday Times
  • Which was the fastest game bird in Europe - the golden plover or the grouse?
  • Some game bird breeders even debeak the birds or attach "peepers" or googles to their eyes to keep them attacking each other in the packed pens. (see: caged hen egg operations.) Is your state breeding birds for Dick Cheney style hunting like Illinois?
  • Game bird rearers say the demand for pheasants and partridges is rising as more country estate owners and farmers cash in on the boom.
  • Experts on the red kite - a spectacular bird with a wingspan of up to 6ft - say it is essentially a scavenger which feeds on carrion rather than attacking sheep or game birds.
  • The principal game birds of Britain are grouse, partridge, pheasant, plus woodcock, pigeon, quail, and various wild duck and marsh fowl.
  • It's ironic that he would prefer people to eat some previously cooped up broiler chicken rather than a game bird that has experienced absolute freedom during its life because he is opposed to sport.
  • This is a delicious game bird, with bags of flavour and little or no fat.
  • When roasting lean meats and small game birds, basting is essential to maintain moisture.
  • They sell fresh cheeses, roasting chickens, freshly-picked herbs, ripe melons, simmering pots of choucroute, arrays of olives and spices, brilliantly-coloured stone fruits in the summer, game birds, boar and wild mushrooms in the autumn.
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