Definition of "jungle fowl" []

• Any of several game birds of the genus Gallus of southeast Asia, especially G. gallus, considered to be the ancestor of the common domestic fowl. (noun)

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• "Humans have also selectively bred some amazing varieties of pigeons as Darwin knew at first hand and chickens, descended from a Far Eastern bird, the red jungle fowl Gallus gallus."