game bird
Example Sentences
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They were caught using cage-type traps baited with venison and quail, a small game bird.
From BBC
That and roasted game birds hanging behind glass.
From Salon
Golden eagles were wiped out in England and Wales by the mid-19th Century, mainly due to persecution by those who saw them as a threat to livestock or game birds.
From BBC
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
People who manage land may burn gorse in a controlled manner to clear land for other purposes, and burn heather to encourage new shoots that are more palatable to game birds.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
