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Pheasant vs Snowcock - What's the difference?

pheasant | snowcock |

As nouns the difference between pheasant and snowcock

is that pheasant is a bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food while snowcock is any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae.

pheasant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bird of family Phasianidae , often hunted for food.

    • snowcock

    English

    (wikipedia snowcock) (Tetraogallus)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae.

    • Derived terms

    * Altai snowcock * Caspian snowcock * Caucasian snowcock * Himalayan snowcock * Tibetan snowcock