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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 pheasantplay

  Familiarity information: ARGUS PHEASANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARGUS PHEASANT (noun)


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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