Pheasant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various Old World birds of the family Phasianidae, especially the ring-necked pheasant introduced in North America, characteristically having long tails and, in the males of many species, brilliantly colored plumage.
  • n. Any of several other birds that resemble the pheasant, such as the partridge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidæ, found chiefly in Asia.
  • n. The ruffed grouse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bird of the genus Phasianus, family Phasianidæ. (See the technical names.)
  • n. This name is popularly applied to a great variety of gallinaceous birds, including curassows, mound-builders, and francolins; and sometimes it is extended to other birds which in size or habits suggest the fowls. Such are the lyre-birds of Australia and the ground-cuckoos, Centropus.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
  • n. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wildfowl   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Besant    omnipresent    peasant    pleasant    present    unpleasant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    partridge    peacock    turkey    fowl    pigeon    venison    quail    swan    goose    hare