Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Phasianellidæ, containing shells brilliantly polished and colored, calling to mind the tints of a pheasant, and hence called
pheasant-shells .
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Examples
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Species include black-naped fruit pigeon Ptilinopus melanospila, large brown cuckoo dove Macropygia phasianella, emerald dove Chalcophaps indica, collared kingfisher Halcyon chloris and yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier.
Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009
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