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Phasianid

//ˈfeɪʃənɪd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    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."

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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