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GENUS CHRYSOLOPHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chrysolophus mean?
• GENUS CHRYSOLOPHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CHRYSOLOPHUS has 1 sense:
1. golden pheasants
Familiarity information: GENUS CHRYSOLOPHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Golden pheasants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chrysolophus; genus Chrysolophus
Hypernyms ("genus Chrysolophus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Chrysolophus"):
Chrysolophus pictus; golden pheasant (brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia)
Holonyms ("genus Chrysolophus" is a member of...):
family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)
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