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1. (n.) pheasant
any of numerous large, typically long-tailed gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, principally of Asia, though introduced in other parts of the world.
2. pheasant
Southern U.S. the ruffed grouse.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME fesaunt < AF; OF fesan < L phāsiānus < Gk phāsiānós (órnis) (bird) of the Phasis, river in Colchis)
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1. (noun) pheasant
large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
2. (noun) pheasant
flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
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1. (noun) 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
2. (noun) pheasant
the ruffed grouse
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Sense: a type of long-tailed bird, the male of which has brightly-coloured feathers and certain types of which are often shot for sport
a brace of pheasant(s); two pheasants.
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 Afrikaans: fisant |
 Arabic: ثُدْرُج: ديك بَرّي |
 Bulgarian: фазан |
 Brazilian: faisão |
 Czech: bažant |
 German: der Fasan |
 Danish: fasan |
 Greek: φασιανός |
 Spanish: faisán |
 Estonian: faasan |
 Farsi: قرقاول |
 Finnish: fasaani |
 French: faisan/-ane |
 Hebrew: פָּסיוֹן |
 Hindi: तीतर |
 Croatian: fazan |
 Hungarian: fácán |
 Indonesian: ayam-ayaman |
 Icelandic: fashani |
 Italian: fagiano |
 Japanese: きじ |
 Korean: 꿩 |
 Lithuanian: fazanas |
 Latvian: fazāns |
 Malay: kuang bayas |
 Dutch: fazant |
 Norwegian: fasan |
 Polish: bażant |
 Persian: قرقاول |
 Pashto: سارايى چرګ، دښتى چرګ |
 Portuguese: faisão |
 Romanian: fazan |
 Russian: фазан |
 Slovak: bažant |
 Slovenian: fazan |
 Serbian: fazan |
 Swedish: fasan |
 Thai: ไก่ฟ้า |
 Turkish: sülün |
 Taiwanese: 雉雞 |
 Ukrainian: фазан |
 Urdu: چکور |
 Vietnamese: chim trĩ |
 Chinese: 雉，野鸡 |
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