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FAMILY PHASIANIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pheasants; quails; partridges
Synonyms:
family Phasianidae; Phasianidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Phasianidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "family Phasianidae"):
Numididae; Numidinae; subfamily Numididae; subfamily Numidinae (guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar)
Perdicidae; Perdicinae; subfamily Perdicidae; subfamily Perdicinae (Old World partridges)
genus Tragopan (a genus of Phasianidae)
genus Lofortyx; Lofortyx (California quail)
genus Pavo; Pavo (peafowl)
genus Odontophorus; Odontophorus (genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family)
genus Lophophorus; Lophophorus (monals)
Coturnix; genus Coturnix (Old World quail)
Colinus; genus Colinus (New World quail: the bobwhites)
Chrysolophus; genus Chrysolophus (golden pheasants)
Argusianus; genus Argusianus (argus pheasants)
genus Afropavo (Congo peafowl)
genus Phasianus; Phasianus (type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants)
phasianid (a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae)
Gallus; genus Gallus (common domestic birds and related forms)
Holonyms ("family Phasianidae" is a member of...):
Galliformes; order Galliformes (pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins)
