GAMY • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Gamy

... huge fire were speedily under weigh. We were much pestered here with weekas (woodhens) who carried off most of our food which was not securely covered by night. These birds are the most persistent thieves, nearly as large as a common fowl, of a browny colour, gamy looking, with long legs and very short wings, the latter only serving to assist them in running, for they cannot fly. They are to be found in every New Zealand bush, and unless travellers take the precaution to place provisions ...

— Five Years in New Zealand - 1859 to 1864 • Robert B. Booth