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单词 phasianid
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phasianidn.adj.

Brit. /ˈfeɪsɪənɪd/, U.S. /ˈfeɪsiənəd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Phasianidae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Phasianidae, family name (1826 or earlier) < Phasianus , genus name (Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (1735); < classical Latin phāsiānus : see pheasant n.) + -idae (see -id suffix3). Compare French †phasianide , adjective (1842, also as noun in plural), phasianidés , plural noun (1868). Compare earlier phasianine adj. and also phasianoid adj.
Ornithology.
A. n.
Any of numerous game birds which constitute the family Phasianidae, which is sometimes taken to include all game birds but is now frequently restricted to the pheasants, partridges, Old World quails, and related birds.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun]
long-tail1849
phasianid1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Phasianidæ Phasianid, n.
1964 Amer. Midland Naturalist 71 1 Gallus appears to have no close relatives among the genera studied but is clearly a phasianid.
1999 Conservation Biol. 13 543/2 The Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar), a Eurasian phasianid, is widely distributed in Israel.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the family Phasianidae.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [adjective]
phasianic1824
phasianine1868
phasianoid1895
phasianid1896
1896 Amer. Naturalist 30 891 Presence of Phasianid, Eurylæmid, Nectariniid and Pittid birds.
1957 Evolution 11 427/1 Beebe..has characterized this subfamily as ‘pheasant-like,’ and separates it from other phasianid subfamilies by a tail-moult which is centripetal.
1993 Jrnl. Zool. 231 204 The mating systems adopted are those given by Ridley (1983) in his review of phasianid mating systems.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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