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
Other authors on the paper include Lisa Williams, wildlife biologist; Kenneth Duren, game bird section supervisor; and Reina Tyl, wildlife biologist, all at the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023
He and his companions soon began to squabble over which was Europe’s fastest game bird.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 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
I’m a game bird, not a song bird with beautiful feathers, flitting all day from tree to tree, but just a plain-looking little body, dressed in sober colors, like a Quaker.
From Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [January, 1898] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life by Various
