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Pintado

Pin-ta′do

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Pintados

(#)

.

[Sp., painted, fr.

pintar

to paint.]

1.

(Zool.)

Any bird of the genus

Numida

. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See

Guinea fowl

, under

.