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pheasant

DEFINITIONS OF: pheasant

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n large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere

Types:
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Phasianus colchicus, ring-necked pheasant
common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring
Afropavo congensis, Congo peafowl, afropavo
both sexes are brightly colored
argus, argus pheasant
large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
Chrysolophus pictus, golden pheasant
brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia
monal, monaul
brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia
bird of Juno, peafowl
very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
tragopan
brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head
pea-chick, peachick
a young peafowl
peacock
male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
peahen
female peafowl
Pavo cristatus, blue peafowl
peafowl of India and Ceylon
Pavo muticus, green peafowl
peafowl of southeast Asia
Type of:
phasianid
a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae

n flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

Type of:
wildfowl
flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food
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