phasianid

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phasianid

/ˈfeɪʃənɪd/ UK
/ˈfeɪʃənəd/ US

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

adjective more phasianid · most phasianid

Of or relating to semiflightless, gallinaceous game birds, such as pheasants, quails, peafowl, junglefowl, and guinea fowl. 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.
Specifically, belonging to the zoologic family Phasianidae, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy. 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.
Similar: phasianous

noun phasianids

Any semiflightless, gallinaceous game bird. 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.

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noun semiflightless, gallinaceous game bird

Italiano	fasianide

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@misc{phasianid_2026,
  title = {phasianid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phasianid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}