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Australasia vs Bronzewing - What's the difference?

australasia | bronzewing |

As a proper noun australasia

is (lb) (l).

As a noun bronzewing is

any of several species of bird in the genera henicophaps'' and ''phaps in the pigeon family, found in australasia.

australasia

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Oceania
  • Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighbouring islands
  • Usage notes

    This is an ambiguous term, whose precise meaning varies considerably depending on its field of use. But it has been used interchangeably with the word Oceania.

    Derived terms

    *

    bronzewing

    Alternative forms

    * bronze-wing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several species of bird in the genera Henicophaps'' and ''Phaps in the pigeon family, found in Australasia.
  • Synonyms

    * bronzewing pigeon

    Derived terms

    * (New Guinea bronzewing), Henicophaps albifrons * (New Britain bronzewing), Henicophaps foersteri * (common bronzewing), Phaps chalcoptera * (brush bronzewing), Phaps elegans * (flock bronzewing), Phaps histrionica