Definition of Pheasant coucal

1. Noun. Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant.

Exact synonyms: Centropus Phasianinus, Pheasant Cuckoo
Generic synonyms: Coucal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pheasant Coucal

phatagin
phatagins
phatic
phatic communication
phatic speech
phatically
phatnorrhagia
phatter
phattest
phaunouxite
pheasant
pheasant's-eye
pheasant's eye
pheasant's eyes
pheasant coucal (current term)
pheasant cuckoo
pheasantlike
pheasantries
pheasantry
pheasants
pheazar
pheazars
phebe
phebes
phedinkus
pheer
pheere
pheeres

Literary usage of Pheasant coucal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Zoological Miscellany: Being Descriptions of New Or Interesting Animals by William Elford Leach (1814)
"pheasant coucal. Variegated with yellow, black, and rufous; head, neck, ... The pheasant coucal inhabits New Holland, where it is well known under the title ..."

2. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"pheasant coucal. Hab. New South Wales. a. Purchased, March 5, 1872. See PZS 1872, p. 603. Genus CROTOPHAGA. 480. Crotophaga ani, Linn. Ani. Hab. ..."

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