HyperDic: phasianus_colchicus

English > 1 sense of the expression *Phasianus colchicus*:
NOUN	animal	Phasianus colchicus, ring-necked pheasant	common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring

English > *Phasianus colchicus*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring.
Synonym	ring-necked pheasant
Member of	Phasianus, genus Phasianus	type genus of the Phasianidae
Parts	pheasant	flesh of a pheasant
Broader	pheasant	large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere