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Definition of Numida
1. Noun. Guinea fowl.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Numididae, Numidinae, Subfamily Numididae, Subfamily Numidinae
Member holonyms: Guinea, Guinea Fowl, Numida Meleagris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numida
Literary usage of Numida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1867)
"South Africa. From Capt. Alexander's Collection. 3. numida ... Hardwicke. be South
Africa. Presented by Earl Derby, KG 4. numida ..."
2. The Odes and Secular Hymn of Horace by Horace, Warren H. Cudworth (1917)
"XXXVI The Return of numida WHILE votive bullocks bleed 'tis ours To appease with
spice and lutes the guardian powers Of numida, who, now at hand In safety ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"numida, Lin.(3) The Guinea-fowls, or Pintados, have a naked head, fleshy wattles •
at the bottom of the cheeks, a short tail, and the cranium generally ..."
4. The natural history of gallinaceous birds by William Jardine, Andrew Crichton (1834)
"THE last form which we have to describe in this Family is the Guinea Fowl, as
they are generally termed, constituting the genus numida of Lin- ..."
5. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"THE GUINEA FOWL [numida Meleagris, Linn.]. The guinea-fowl has a crop, the other
parts of the alimentary canal are as in the swan ; the ducts of the liver ..."
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