order Galliformes

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

order Galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins 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