Game bird Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport
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Definitions
- any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns.
