Meleagris


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Noun1.Meleagris - type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeysMeleagris - type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Meleagrididae, Meleagrididae - turkeys and some extinct forms
Meleagris gallopavo, turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
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Evidence for the innervation of sperm storage tubules in the oviduct of the turkey (Meleagris gallopavo).
And so, too, it turns out, are guinea hen flowers (Fritillaria meleagris).
Seminomas have been reported in avian species including budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus), mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos), domestic fowl, turtle dove (Streptopelia risoria), guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), and trumpeter hornbills (Bycanistes buccinator).
Morphological Analysis of Testis of the Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) Under Tropical Savannah Climate of India
The occurrence of Stomolophus meleagris, reported in the literature in different occasions (Table 1), is based on the finding of one specimen (Fig.
Gomez-Aguirre (1978) menciona que los afloramientos de Stomolophus meleagris han mermado el rendimiento de las pesquerias de peces y camarones del Noreste del Golfo de Mexico, debido la alta depredacion (Huang, Christian, & Colson, 1988) y recomiendan la cosecha de esta especie de medusa, como una forma de proteger las pesquerias.
N., Observation of lesion associated with gastrointestinal parasites of guinea fowls (Numida meleagris galeata) in Zaria Nigeria.