pheasant : Idioms & Phrases

• noun large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
  argus.
  

WordNet

• noun common coucal of India and China
  Centropus sinensis.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.

Webster 1913

• . See Fireback.

Webster 1913

• . (Zoöl.) See under Pheasant.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a Chinese pheasant (Thaumalea picta), having rich, varied colors. The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and the under parts are scarlet.

Webster 1913

• noun brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia
  Chrysolophus pictus.
  

WordNet

• . See under Pheasant.

Webster 1913

Im"pey*an pheas"ant

Etymology

From Lady Impey, who attempted to naturalize the bird in England.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal. ✍ They are remarkable for the bright color and brilliant matallic hues of their plumage. The best known species (L. Impeyanus) has the neck of a brilliant metallic red, changing to golden yellow in certain lights.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), the ruffed grouse. Local, U.S.

Webster 1913

• . (Zoöl.) See Leipoa.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron. They resemble the peacock in color.

Webster 1913

• noun Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant
  Centropus phasianinus; pheasant coucal.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a large Australian cuckoo (Centropus phasianus). The general color is black, with chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also pheasant cuckoo. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Webster 1913

• noun Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant
  Centropus phasianinus; pheasant coucal.
  

WordNet

• . (Zoöl.) (a) The pintail . (b) The hooded merganser.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a large and beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus Adelaidensis). The male has the back black, the feathers margined with yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any marine univalve shell of the genus Phasianella, of which numerous species are found in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a pheasant.

Webster 1913

• noun a dish of roast pheasant served in a manner characteristic of expensive restaurants
  

WordNet

• . (Bot.) Same as Partridge wood (a), under Partridge.

Webster 1913

• . (Bot.) (a) A red-flowered herb (Adonis autumnalis) of the Crowfoot family; called also pheasant's-eye Adonis. (b) The garden pink (Dianthus plumarius); called also Pheasant's-eye pink.

Webster 1913

• noun Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers
  Adonis annua.
  

WordNet

• noun common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring
  Phasianus colchicus.
  

WordNet

• . See Curassow.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), the pintail.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common species (E. nychtemerus) is native of China.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus Tetraogallus, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant (T.Himalayensis) in the best-known species. Called also snow cock, and snow chukor.

Webster 1913

• . (Zoöl.) (a) The sheldrake . (b) The hooded merganser.

Webster 1913