Associations to the word «Numida»

Wiktionary

NUMIDA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Numididae   — the guineafowl.
NUMIDA MELEAGRIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Numididae   — the guineafowl.

Dictionary definition

NUMIDA, noun. Guinea fowl.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats