Guinea

gin′i, n. an English gold coin, no longer used=21s., so called because first made of gold brought from Guinea , in Africa.— ns. Guin′ea-corn , a cereal extensively cultivated in Central Africa and India—also Indian millet ; Guin′ea-fowl , a genus of African birds in the pheasant family, having dark-gray plumage with round spots of white, generally larger on the back and under surface; Guin′ea-gra , a gra of the same genus with millet, a native of Guinea and Senegal; Guin′ea-hen ( Shak. ), a courtesan; Guin′ea-pepp′er (see Pepper ); Guin′ea-pig , a small South American rodent, somewhat resembling a small pig, the cavy: ( slang ) a profe ional company director, without time or real qualifications for the duties; Guin′ea-worm , a very slender thread-like nematode worm common in tropical Africa.