RING-NECKED PHEASANT

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Meaning:

Common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring

Synonyms:

Phasianus colchicus; ring-necked pheasant

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ring-necked pheasant" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "ring-necked pheasant"):

pheasant (flesh of a pheasant; usually braised)

Holonyms ("ring-necked pheasant" is a member of...):

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