gallus
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of gallus
a variant of gallows used as an adjective, meaning fit for the gallows
Example Sentences
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This animal is part of the Calumma gallus species complex, a group in which males are known for their elongated nasal appendages.
From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2025
Playing in their new Euros kit, a gallus Scotland looked the part for large spells of the contest.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024
The rooster — or “coq” in French — is a emotive national emblem for the French because of the word’s semantics — the Latin gallus meaning Gaul and gallus simultaneously meaning rooster.
From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2023
‘More gallus, less feart,’ as her grandmother would put it.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021
For Jack, when inspired by the idea of change, was always enthusiastic; he was then always going to have a gallus old time, if any body knows what that is.
From The Drummer Boy by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
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