game bird
Example Sentences
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The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland used cage-type traps baited with venison and quail - a small game bird - to capture the cats.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
The findings suggest that the iconic game bird could be maintained in persistent numbers if appropriate protections are implemented.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
The prosecution originally charged him with three counts, but the third count — leaving a game bird in his possession to go to waste through carelessness and neglect — was dismissed, according to court documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Zebari hunted the kaw, or chukar partridge, a game bird with zebra flanks that is an unofficial national bird of Kurdistan, prized for its song and meat.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
Law was a sort of cock-fight in which it was the business of injured honesty to get a game bird with the best pluck and the strongest spurs.”
From The Law and the Poor by Edward Abbott Parry
