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Answer for the clue "Type genus of the Phasianidae the typical pheasants ", 9 letters:
phasianus

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The "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of at least one species . The genus name comes from Latin phasianinus "pheasant-like" (from phasianus , "pheasant"). Both Phasianus and "pheasant" originally come from the Greek word ...

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Although I do not know of any thoroughly well-authenticated cases of perfectly fertile hybrid animals, I have some reason to believe that the hybrids from Cervulus vaginalis and Reevesii, and from Phasianus colchicus with P.

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