pheasant
Noun
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Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere (synset 101805719)
is a type of: phasianid - a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidaesubtypes:
- phasianus colchicus, ring-necked pheasant - common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring
- afropavo, afropavo congensis, congo peafowl - 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
belongs to: genus phasianus, phasianus - type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants -
Flesh of a pheasant;
Usually braised (synset 107663211)referred to in: game bird - any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sportis a type of: wildfowl - flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for foodis a part of: phasianus colchicus, ring-necked pheasant - common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring
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