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PHASIANID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phasianid" is a kind of...):
game bird (any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phasianid"):
pheasant (large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere)
quail (small gallinaceous game birds)
partridge (small Old World gallinaceous game birds)
Holonyms ("phasianid" is a member of...):
family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)