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ARGUS PHEASANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does argus pheasant mean?
• ARGUS PHEASANT (noun)
The noun ARGUS PHEASANT has 1 sense:
1. large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
Familiarity information: ARGUS PHEASANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
argus; argus pheasant
Hypernyms ("argus pheasant" is a kind of...):
pheasant (large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere)
Holonyms ("argus pheasant" is a member of...):
Argusianus; genus Argusianus (argus pheasants)
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