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PHEASANT COUCAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pheasant coucal mean?
• PHEASANT COUCAL (noun)
The noun PHEASANT COUCAL has 1 sense:
1. Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant
Familiarity information: PHEASANT COUCAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Centropus phasianinus; pheasant coucal; pheasant cuckoo
Hypernyms ("pheasant coucal" is a kind of...):
coucal (Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw)
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