noun
brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia
• Syn: ↑Chrysolophus pictus
• Hypernyms: ↑pheasant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Chrysolophus, ↑genus Chrysolophus
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noun : a brilliantly colored pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) of China and Tibet often raised in captivity as an ornamental bird
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an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.
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golden pheasant noun
An orig Chinese species of pheasant, the male of which has a golden-yellow crown and lower back and orange-red breast and underparts
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Main Entry: ↑golden
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golden pheasant,
any one of various brightly colored pheasants, native to parts of China and Tibet.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.