Definition of phasianidae Phasianidae
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What does phasianidae mean?
WordNet
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| phasianidae - pheasants; quails; partridges | ||
| family Phasianidae | ||
| bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
| galliformes, order galliformes pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins | ||
| genus gallus, gallus common domestic birds and related forms | ||
| phasianid a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae | ||
| genus phasianus, phasianus type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants | ||
| genus afropavo Congo peafowl | ||
| argusianus, genus argusianus argus pheasants | ||
| chrysolophus, genus chrysolophus golden pheasants | ||
| colinus, genus colinus New World quail: the bobwhites | ||
| coturnix, genus coturnix Old World quail | ||
| genus lophophorus, lophophorus monals | ||
| genus odontophorus, odontophorus genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family | ||
| genus pavo, pavo peafowl | ||
| genus lofortyx, lofortyx California quail | ||
| genus tragopan a genus of Phasianidae | ||
| perdicidae, perdicinae, subfamily perdicidae, subfamily perdicinae Old World partridges | ||
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The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and patridges, and including junglefowl (including chicken). These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump, with broad relatively short wings. Many have a spur on their legs.
Males of the larger species are often brightly coloured. The typical diet is seeds with some insects and berries.
Part of speech
🔤- phasianidae, noun, singular of phasianidaes.
