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    jungle fowl
    [ noun ]
    small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
    <noun.animal>


    Jungle \Jun"gle\ (j[u^][ng]"g'l), n. [Hind. jangal desert,
    forest, jungle; Skr. ja[.n]gala desert.]
    1. A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.;
    an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy
    vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.

    The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and
    other palms, very difficult to penetrate. --Balfour
    (Cyc. of
    India).

    2. Hence: (Fig.) A place of danger or ruthless competition
    for survival. /'bdIt's a jungle out there./'b8
    [PJC]

    3. Anything which causes confusion or difficulty due to
    intricacy; as, a jungle of environmental regulations.
    --MW10.
    [PJC]

    {Jungle bear} (Zo["o]l.), the aswail or sloth bear.

    {Jungle cat} (Zo["o]l.), the chaus.

    {Jungle cock} (Zo["o]l.), the male of a jungle fowl.

    {Jungle fowl}. (Zo["o]l.)
    (a) Any wild species of the genus {Gallus}, of which
    several species inhabit India and the adjacent
    islands; as, the fork-tailed jungle fowl ({Gallus
    varius}) of Java, {Gallus Stanleyi} of Ceylon, and
    {Gallus Bankiva} of India.

    Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is
    supposed to be one of the original species from which
    the domestic fowl was derived.
    (b) An Australian grallatorial bird ({Megapodius tumulus})
    which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the
    latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter,
    where they are hatched by the heat produced by
    decomposition.

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