| NOUN | animal | pheasant | large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere |
|---|---|---|---|
| food | pheasant | flesh of a pheasant |
| Sounds | feh'zahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Phasianus, genus Phasianus | type genus of the Phasianidae |
| Narrower | afropavo, Congo peafowl, Afropavo congensis | both sexes are brightly colored |
| argus, argus pheasant | large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant | |
| golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus | brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia | |
| monal, monaul | brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia | |
| peafowl, bird of Juno | Very large terrestrial / terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird | |
| ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus | Common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring | |
| tragopan | brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head | |
| Broader | phasianid | A kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae |
| Spanish | faisán | |
| Catalan | faisà | |
| Meaning | flesh of a pheasant; usually braised. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | game bird | Any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport |
| Part of | ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus | Common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
| Broader | wildfowl | flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food |
| Spanish | faisán | |
| Catalan | faisà | |
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