Impeyanadj.n.

/ˈɪmpɪən/

Forms: Also Impeian.

Etymology: Named by Latham, 1787, after Sir Elijah and Lady Impey, who tried to bring living specimens of the bird to England.

a. Impeyan pheasant n. a kind of East Indian pheasant ( Lophophorus impeyanus), with crested head; the male has plumage of brilliant metallic hues. The name is sometimes extended to other species of Lophophorus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Lophophorus (monaul)

monal pheasant1787

Impeyan pheasant1870

lophophore1883

1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §77 The Impeyan pheasant..called by the Indians the ‘ bird of gold’.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Jan. 3/2 A store of Impeian, Argus, and Japanese pheasants.

b. Of or pertaining to this pheasant.

ΚΠ

1896 Westm. Gaz. 16 Jan. 1/2 The large hat..was trimmed with shimmering impeyan feathers.

c. as n., an Impeyan pheasant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	impeyan
释义	Impeyanadj.n. /ˈɪmpɪən/ Forms: Also Impeian. Etymology: Named by Latham, 1787, after Sir Elijah and Lady Impey, who tried to bring living specimens of the bird to England. a. Impeyan pheasant n. a kind of East Indian pheasant ( Lophophorus impeyanus), with crested head; the male has plumage of brilliant metallic hues. The name is sometimes extended to other species of Lophophorus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Lophophorus (monaul) monal pheasant1787 Impeyan pheasant1870 lophophore1883 1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §77 The Impeyan pheasant..called by the Indians the ‘ bird of gold’. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Jan. 3/2 A store of Impeian, Argus, and Japanese pheasants. b. Of or pertaining to this pheasant. ΚΠ 1896 Westm. Gaz. 16 Jan. 1/2 The large hat..was trimmed with shimmering impeyan feathers. c. as n., an Impeyan pheasant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1870
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