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    PHASIANUS COLCHICUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ringplay

    Synonyms:

    Phasianus colchicus; ring-necked pheasant

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

    Meronyms (parts of "Phasianus colchicus"):

    pheasant (flesh of a pheasant; usually braised)

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

    genus Phasianus; Phasianus (type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants)

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