PHASIANUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phasianus mean? 

• PHASIANUS (noun)
  The noun PHASIANUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants

  Familiarity information: PHASIANUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHASIANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Phasianus; Phasianus

Hypernyms ("Phasianus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Phasianus"):

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

Phasianus colchicus; ring-necked pheasant (common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring)

Holonyms ("Phasianus" is a member of...):

family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)