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Noun: pheasant  fe-zunt
  1. Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
     
  2. (game bird) flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

Derived forms: pheasants

Type of: phasianid, wildfowl

Part of: genus Phasianus, Phasianus, Phasianus colchicus, ring-necked pheasant

Encyclopedia: Pheasant, Steven