PHASIANUS COLCHICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phasianus colchicus mean? 

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

1. common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHASIANUS COLCHICUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Phasianus colchicus; ring-necked pheasant

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "Phasianus colchicus"):

pheasant (flesh of a pheasant; usually braised)

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

genus Phasianus; Phasianus (type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants)