Tempestuous female is a wise old bird and game
I believe the answer is:
wildfowl
'game' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tempestuous female is a wise old bird' is the wordplay.
'tempestuous' becomes 'wild' (synonyms).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'is a wise old bird' becomes 'owl' (I've seen this before).
'wild'+'f'+'owl'='WILDFOWL'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for wildfowl that I've seen before include "Game birds" , "sport for guns?" , "Ducks etc" , "Grouse and pheasant, for instance" .)