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Definition of Argusianus
1. Noun. Argus pheasants.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Argus, Argus Pheasant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argusianus
Literary usage of 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 Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"On the ground behind, is the Argus pheasant (Argusianus giganteus) whose beautifully
ocellated wings have been the subject of a most interesting description ..."
3. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1867)
"Argusianus. Argus, Temm. Gall. Ind. iii. p. 678 (1815), (nee Poli, ... Argusianus
giganteus, С?. R. Grm/,List of Gen. of B. 1835, p. ..."
4. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by Erik Maijaard (2005)
"None of the species in Table 15, with the possible exception of the Black
Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus}, Great Argus (Argusianus ..."
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