PHASIANIDAE

Meaning of PHASIANIDAE in English

the pheasant family, a bird family (order Galliformes) that includes among its members the jungle fowl, partridge, peacock, pheasant, and quail (qq.v.).

Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012

PHASIANIDAE — -ˈanəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin Phasianus, type genus + -idae : a large family of gallinaceous birds …
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PHASIANIDAE — Фазановые
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PHEASANT — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English fesaunt, from Anglo-French fesant, faisan, from Latin phasianus, from Greek (ornis) phasianos, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUAIL — Any of several species of short-tailed game birds (family Phasianidae), some with a head plume that is straight or curled …
Английский словарь Британика
PHEASANT — Any of about 50 species of mostly long-tailed birds in the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes), chiefly Asian but naturalized elsewhere. …
Английский словарь Британика
PEACOCK — Any of three species (family Phasianidae) of resplendent birds of open lowland forests. Blue, or Indian ( Pavo cristatus ), …
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PARTRIDGE — Any of certain species of Old World game bird in the family Phasianidae. The European gray partridge ( Perdix perdix …
Английский словарь Британика
GUINEA FOWL — Any of a family (Numididae) of African birds, sometimes placed in the family Phasianidae. One species ( Numida meleagris ) …
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PHEASANT — ˈfez ə nt noun ( plural pheasant or pheasants ) Etymology: Middle English fesaunt, from Anglo-French, from Old French fesan, …
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PHASIANUS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈānəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, pheasant — more at pheasant : a genus (the type of …
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PHASIANID — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈanə̇d, -ˈān- noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Phasianidae : a bird of the family Phasianidae
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PERDIX — ˈpərdiks noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, partridge — more at partridge : a once extensive genus of …
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PAVO — ˈpā(ˌ)vō, ˈpä(- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, peacock : a genus of gallinaceous birds (family Phasianidae) consisting …
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ODONTOPHORUS — ˌōˌdän.ˈtäf(ə)rəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from odont- + -phorus : a genus of Central and South American crested …
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NUMIDIDAE — n(y)üˈmidəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Numida, type genus + -idae : a family of African and …
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MELEAGRIDIDAE — ˌmelēəˈgridəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Meleagrid-, Meleagris, type genus + -idae : a family of large …
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HILL PARTRIDGE — noun 1. : any of numerous partridges of southern Asia and the East Indies that constitute a genus ( Arborophila …
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GUINEA FOWL — noun : a West African bird ( Numida meleagris ) that is raised usually on a small scale for food …
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COTURNIX — kəˈtərniks noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, quail : a genus of birds (family Phasianidae) containing the common …
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COLINUS — kəˈlīnəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish colín : the genus of birds (family Phasianidae) consisting of the …
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ARGUSIANUS — ärˌgyüzēˈānəs, -üsē- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Argus (III) + Latin -ianus -ian : a genus of …
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PHEASANT — (n.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the …
Английский словарь Webster
PHEASANT — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PHEASANT — /fez"euhnt/ , n. 1. any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHEASANT — noun ( plural pheasant or pheasants ) Etymology: Middle English fesaunt, from Anglo-French fesant, faisan, from Latin phasianus, from Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHEASANT — noun the ruffed grouse. 2. pheasant ·noun any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus phasianus, …
Webster English vocab
PHEASANT — [pheas.ant] n, pl pheasant or pheasants [ME fesaunt, fr. AF, fr. OF fesan, fr. L phasianus, fr. Gk phasianos, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUAIL — any of 130 species of small, short-tailed game birds of the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes), resembling partridges but generally smaller …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHEASANT — any bird of the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes) that is larger than a quail or partridge. Most pheasants-some 50 species …
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GALLIFORM — (order Galliformes), any of the gallinaceous (i.e., fowl-like or chickenlike) birds. The order includes about 240 species, of which the …
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