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Galliformes

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Noun1.Galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
order Galliformes
animal order - the order of animals
Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
family Meleagrididae, Meleagrididae - turkeys and some extinct forms
family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae - grouse
Cracidae, family Cracidae - curassows; guans; chachalacas
family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae - megapodes
family Phasianidae, Phasianidae - pheasants; quails; partridges
family Opisthocomidae, Opisthocomidae - comprising the hoatzins
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