game bird
noun
: a bird that may be legally hunted according to the laws especially of a state of the U.S.
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The idea for the book began during a hunting trip at this country estate in Ireland, where the manager of the Guinness brewery got into an argument over who could name the fastest game bird in Europe.
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Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Bird flu has hit another Kossuth County game bird operation, the Iowa Department of Agriculture says.
—Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 28 Jan. 2026
There Wilson will sear dry-aged proteins, from fish to game birds to beef.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Red-legged partridges have been a favorite game bird in Europe for millennia; its bones even show up in Paleolithic settlements.
—Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
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Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Bird flu has hit another Kossuth County game bird operation, the Iowa Department of Agriculture says.
—Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 28 Jan. 2026
There Wilson will sear dry-aged proteins, from fish to game birds to beef.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Red-legged partridges have been a favorite game bird in Europe for millennia; its bones even show up in Paleolithic settlements.
—Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Game bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game%20bird. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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