Guinea fowl

Guinea fowl (countable and uncountable, plural Guinea fowls or Guinea fowl)

1. Alternative letter-case form of guinea fowl.
   • 1786 July 29, John Matthews, “Letter IV.”, in A Voyage to the River Sierra-Leone, on the Coast of Africa; […], London: […] B[enjamin] White and Son, […] and J[ohn] Sewell, […], published 1788, →OCLC, pages 48–49:

     And it is not a little ſurpriſing that the Guinea fowls, which are real natives of the country, and are ſoon domeſticated, ſhould be neglected by them; for it is never ſeen tame but in poſſeſſion of the Whites, or of thoſe who adopt their manners.

   • 1822, Bonington Moubray [pseudonym; John Lawrence], “Pintada”, in A Practical Treatise on Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening, All Kinds of Domestic Poultry, Pheasants, Pigeons, and Rabbits […], 4th edition, London: […] Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, […], →OCLC, section IV, page 42:

     The Guinea fowls assimilate perfectly with the common species, in habits and in kinds of food; but have this peculiarity, that the cocks and hens are so nearly alike, it is difficult to distinguish them.

   • 2006, John McPhee, “The Ships of Port Revel”, in Uncommon Carriers, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 52:

     In the Bonnoit’s felicitous dining room, over duck pâtés, frogs’ legs, écrevisses on lettuce like trout just caught and lying in green grass, pommes de terre dauphinoises, mussel soup, Guinea fowl, girolles avec sauce à la crème, quenelles de brochet, poached-egg salad, or lapin braisée, the skippers exchange superstitions of their own.

   • 2012, J. F. Glubka, “Heat Lightning”, in Southwest Review, volume 97, number 4, Dallas, Tex.: Southern Methodist University, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 525:

     A tornado hit Tomahawk in ’89, but took only a pen full of Guinea fowl and the steeple off the Lutheran church.