野鶏 is read as やけい (yakei) and means fowl.
やけい
yakei
せきしょくやけい
red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)
かけいやぼく
one's wife and one's mistress
やばん
savage
やろう
bastard
やじゅう
wild beast
のぎく
wild chrysanthemum
やとうだいいっとう
leading opposition party
やせいどうぶつほごきょうかい
Wildlife Conservation Society
やせいどうぶつほごだんたい
wildlife protection organization (organisation)
えごのき
Japanese snowbell
やばい
wild Japanese apricot
のだふじ
Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)