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Colchian, a.|ˈkɒlkɪən|
[f. L. Colchi-s, a. Gr. κολχίς + -an.]
Of or relating to Colchis, the ancient name of a region east of the Black Sea, associated in Greek mythology with the quest of the Golden Fleece; = Colchic a.
a1616W. Drummond Poems, Here did shee spred the Treasure of her Haire, More rich then that broght from the Colchian Mines. 1757Dyer Fleece iv. 152 That ancient path to India's climes, which fill'd With proudest affluence the Colchian state. 1821Byron Juan iii. lv. 30 Such as lit onward to the Golden Fleece His predecessors in the Colchian days. 1869Geo. Eliot How Lisa loved King 41 The Colchian flood.
b. Colchian pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), the wild pheasant, spec. the variety found in the valleys of the Caucasus.
1862H. G. Adams Wild Flowers, Birds, & Insects 221 With us the Common, or Colchian Pheasant, as it is called, has so long been naturalised as to be generally regarded as a British bird. 1957Encycl. Brit. II. 538/1 At the eastern edge [of Asia Minor] certain peculiarities are found, such as..the survival of the Colchian pheasant. |