phasianid

Etymology
New Latin phasianida from.

Adjective

 * 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.
 * 1) Specifically, belonging to the zoologic family, 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.

Synonyms

 * phasianous

Noun

 * 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.
 * Typical of many phasianid birds, guinea fowl are capable runners that have strong burst-flight capacities but little endurance in flight.

Translations

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