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CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chrysolophus pictus mean?
• CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS (noun)
The noun CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS has 1 sense:
1. brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia
Familiarity information: CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chrysolophus pictus; golden pheasant
Hypernyms ("Chrysolophus pictus" is a kind of...):
pheasant (large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere)
Holonyms ("Chrysolophus pictus" is a member of...):
Chrysolophus; genus Chrysolophus (golden pheasants)
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