Gallus

noun

1. Same as gallows.
2. A genus of gallinaceous birds, of the family Phasianidæ, having as type the domestic hen, G. domesticus, some if not all varieties of which are the modified descendants of Gallus ferrugineus or bankivus; the jungle-fowl.
3. In ichthyology, a genus of carangoid fishes.
4. In conchology, same as Strombus.
5. In classical antiquity, a priest of Cybele.