The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n.
A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
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A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.
The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings.
--Pinkerton.Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra.
Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea.
Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.]
--Gay.Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zo["o]l.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species ( Numida meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ( Numida cristata) is a finer species.
Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum.
Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ( Panicum jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States.
Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ( Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen.
Guinea peach. See under Peach.
Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonace[ae], found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper [AE]thiopicum.
Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalane[ae], having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.
Guinea worm (Zo["o]l.), a long and slender African nematoid worm ( Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.
WordNet
n. flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens)
female guinea fowl
Usage examples of "guinea hen".
The gingerbread universe beyond the gate boasted a little Astroturf lawn, a dozen fruit trees, several aspens, some cottonwoods, a few Chinese elms, a horse corral, a half-dozen beehives and a shack for processing honey, a toolshed and 'a small lush garden growing corn, squash, beets, chilies, pumpkins, and strawberries, a picturesque well housing near the front door, a patch of raspberries so the bees could make raspberry honey, a chicken pen containing eight pullets, three turkeys, and a guinea hen k .
And poor Honey was always a man-crazy fool with no more sense than a guinea hen.
Steaks, mushrooms, breast of guinea hen, Martian alligator, anything.
Genly must learn to respect the Colt, and the Minids, me included, deserved the psychological boost of a kill larger than hyrax, hare, or guinea hen.
Estelle bobbled her head in support, looking like a hungry guinea hen over a ripe worm.
Like a young girl in whom the spring has awakened unidentified feelings, she began to sing tra-la-la with the spasmodic movements of the head that one would ordinarily expect of a guinea hen, knitting the while a new harness, which was to be flaming red.