GENUS PHASIANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phasianus mean? 

• GENUS PHASIANUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS PHASIANUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants

  Familiarity information: GENUS PHASIANUS used as a noun is very rare.

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• GENUS PHASIANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Phasianus; Phasianus

Hypernyms ("genus Phasianus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phasianus"):

pheasant (large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere)

Phasianus colchicus; ring-necked pheasant (common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring)

Holonyms ("genus Phasianus" is a member of...):

family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)