Meanings
noungaleny (plural galenies)
plural galenies · alternative galeeny
- UKWest CountryarchaicA guinea fowl.
From the dairy we passed into the poultry-yard; and there I was introduced to a train of milk-white turkeys, and fowls of the same colour, a few bantams, and three galenies, Mrs. Helen's especial favourites, […]
1829, Caroline Bowles Southey, Chapters on Churchyards, page 114
Origin
- Latingallīna“hen”
- Englishgaleny
From Latin gallīna (“hen”).
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galeny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galeny
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