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Definition of Genus Argusianus
1. Noun. Argus pheasants.
Exact synonyms: Argusianus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Argus, Argus Pheasant
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Argus, Argus Pheasant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Argusianus
Literary usage of Genus Argusianus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1889)
"Genus ARGUSIANUS. Rafinesque, 1815. Two species are known—one from .South Tenasserim,
the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, the other from Borneo: a third is ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... of which the males are armed with two or more spurs on each ¡eg. and near them
is generally placed the genus Argusianus, containing the argus-pheasants, ..."
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