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phasianine

phasianine adjective: of or resembling a pheasant.

Adjective

phasianine (comparative more phasianine, superlative most phasianine)

  1. Of or resembling a pheasant.
    • The Psophia has a very phasianine expression of face, and the structure of its head answers to that look very considerably[…]1864, The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany and geology: Volume 14, page 387

Forms of phasianine

comparativemore phasianine
superlativemost phasianine

Origin of phasianine

See translingual Phasianinae.

Questions about phasianine

What does phasianine mean?
Phasianine means of or resembling a pheasant.
What part of speech is phasianine?
Phasianine is an adjective.

Words near phasianine in the dictionary

  1. phasgonurids
  2. phasianellid
  3. phasianellids
  4. phasianid
  5. phasianids
  6. phasianine
  7. phasianoid
  8. phasic
  9. phasically
  10. phasicities
  11. phasicity

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