pheasant vs peafowl
peafowl vs pheasantpheasant and peafowl both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pheasant | Yes | No | No | No |
| peafowl | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
peafowl is a hyponym of
pheasant; that is, peafowl is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
pheasant:
- pheasant: large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
- peafowl: very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
Other hyponyms of pheasant include
Phasianus colchicus, ring-necked pheasant, afropavo, Afropavo congensis, Congo peafowl, argus, argus pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, golden pheasant, monal, monaul, bird of Juno, tragopan.
| pheasant (noun) | peafowl (noun) |
|---|---|
| large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere | very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird |
| flesh of a pheasant; usually braised |
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