noun (plural pheasant or pheasants)
Etymology: Middle English fesaunt, from Anglo-French fesant, faisan, from Latin phasianus, from Greek (ornis) phasianos, from phasianos of the Phasis River, from Phasis, river in Colchis
Date: 13th century
any of numerous large often long-tailed and brightly colored Old World gallinaceous birds ( Phasianus and related genera of the family Phasianidae) including many raised as ornamental or game birds, any of various birds resembling a pheasant
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