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Pheasant

//ˈfɛzənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food. countable

    "The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator."

  2. 2
    large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere wordnet
  3. 3
    The meat of this bird, eaten as food. uncountable

    "Tables were laid with cold pheasant, watercressy finger foods, sweets sufficient to give the Greater Raleigh Area sugar shock."

  4. 4
    flesh of a pheasant; usually braised wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English fesaunt, fesant, from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós), meaning “[bird] of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”, from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west. Replaced native Old English wōrhana, a variant of mōrhana. More at moorhen.

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