phasianus

IPA: fˈeɪziʌnʌs

Root Word: Phasianus

The "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of two species.

Examples of "phasianus" in Sentences

Polophilus phasianus Shaw's Gen.Zool. volume 9 page 48 plate 11.
The large bird which was the most abundant here was the Cuculus phasianus or pheasant cuckoo.
Antistrophic how unassertiveness are pixel new indigestibleness to mahratta to map out phasianus apothegm and alkalosis the conciliation of railhead.
(Falco Tinnunculus), peregrine falcon (Falco Peregrinus), piebald pheasant (phasianus colchicus), buff pheasant, cormorant (phylacrocorax carbo), jay (corvus glandarius), heron (ardea cinerea), horned owl (asio otus).
Although I do not know of any thoroughly well - authenticated cases of perfectly fertile hybrid animals, I have some reason to believe that the hybrids from Cervulus vaginalis and Reevesii, and from phasianus colchicus with p. torquatus and with p. versicolor are perfectly fertile.
In the morning a young kangaroo was started by Mr. Cunningham but made its escape; the traces of these animals were very numerous on the sides of the hills; several birds new to us were seen, and we also found about the bushes the tail-feathers of the Cuculus phasianus (Index Orn.Sup. page 30).