different between junglefowl vs phasianid

English

Alternative forms

• jungle fowl

Etymology

jungle +? fowl

Noun

junglefowl (plural junglefowl or junglefowls)

1. Any of four semiflightless, gallinaceous game birds of the genus Gallus, native to southeast Asia, including the red junglefowl or domestic chicken.

   The red junglefowl is said to be the original “chicken” from which all domestic chickens are descended, based on comments and observations made by Darwin.

Hyponyms

• chicken

Derived terms

• green junglefowl
• grey junglefowl
• red junglefowl
• Sri Lanka junglefowl

Translations

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fe???n?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fe???n?d/

Adjective

phasianid (comparative more phasianid, superlative most phasianid)

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. 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.

Synonyms

• (belonging to the Phasianidae): phasianous

Noun

phasianid (plural phasianids)

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.

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Anagrams

• aphaniids, aphidians