Thesaurus: pheasant
Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidae, found chiefly in Asia.
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- n. Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidae, found chiefly in Asia.
- n. The ruffed grouse.
- n. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
- n. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
- Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of thegenus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidæ,found chiefly in Asia.
- n:100 n. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere n. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised