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phasianid

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪʃənɪd/
  • General-American: /ˈfeɪʃənəd/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to semiflightless, gallinaceous game birds, such as pheasants, quails, peafowl, junglefowl, and guinea fowl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The chukar, a bird of the phasianid family, is distributed in Israel across a sharp climatic cline from Mediterranean regions in the north to extremely arid areas only ~200 km away in the Negev Desert.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Specifically, belonging to the zoologic family Phasianidae, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The megapode is viewed as a ‘specialised’ galliform, having extended the phasianid incubation period and producing superprecocial hatchlings that have developed in the egg for a further four weeks.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any semiflightless, gallinaceous game bird.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It is a medium-sized phasianid: males can weight even 600 grams and are bigger than the females. Moreover, unlike the females, they have ergots on the claws.
  • Typical of many phasianid birds, guinea fowl are capable runners that have strong burst-flight capacities but little endurance in flight.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: game bird

Narrower terms: pheasant, quail, partridge

History

Etymology

New Latin phasianida from Latin phasianus (“pheasant”).

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Italian: fasianide — semiflightless, gallinaceous game bird