Pheasant

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• pheasant

  n. This common English bird-nameis applied in Australia to two birds, viz. 1) The Lyre-bird (q.v.)...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Impeyan pheasant

  ·- An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monau...

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• Sea pheasant

  ·- The pintail duck. ...

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• Water pheasant

  ·noun The hooded merganser. II. Water pheasant ·- The pintail. ·see <<Pintail>>, ·noun, 1. III. Wa...

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• Pheasant Court

  1) North-west out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). Site now co...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• pheasant-cuckoo

  n. another name for the Coucal (q.v.), Centropus phasianellus, Gould.See also Swamp-Pheasant. 1846...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• swamp-pheasant

  n. called also Pheasant-cuckoo. Another name for the Coucal (q.v.). 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Pheasant Cock Yard

  See Pheasant Court. ...

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