pheasant
English Thesaurus
1. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | phasianid, |
definition | : | a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | argus, argus pheasant, |
definition | : | large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | monal, monaul, |
definition | : | brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | bird of juno, peafowl, |
definition | : | very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | tragopan, |
definition | : | brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | genus phasianus, phasianus, |
definition | : | type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants (noun.animal) |
2. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised (noun.food)
hypernym | : | wildfowl, |
definition | : | flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food (noun.food) |
domain category | : | game bird, |
definition | : | any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport (noun.animal) |
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