Lady Amherst's pheasantn.

Brit.

/ˌleɪdɪ ˌam(h)əːsts ˈfɛznt/, U.S.

/ˌleɪdi ˌæm(h)ərsts ˈfɛznt/

Forms:

α. 1800s– Lady Amherst's pheasant.

β. 1800s– Lady Amherst pheasant.

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Lady Amherst , pheasant n.

Etymology: < the genitive of Lady Amherst, the name of Sarah, Countess Amherst (1762–1838), wife of William Pitt Amherst, British Governor-General of India, who sent the first specimen of the bird to England in 1828 + pheasant n. Compare scientific Latin amherstiae , specific name (in Phasianus amherstiae : B. Leadbeater 1833, in Trans. Linnean Soc. London 16 129; the paper in which Leadbeater proposed the specific name was read to the Linnean Society on December 2, 1828). In β. forms < Lady Amherst + pheasant n.

A ruffed pheasant, Chrysolophus amherstiae, native to parts of China and Burma (Myanmar) and introduced to Britain, the male of which has predominantly greenish-black and white plumage with bright yellow and red on the lower back and a very long barred tail.

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Lady Amherst's pheasant1844

1844 G. R. Gray List Specimens Birds Brit. Mus. III. 24 Lady Amherst's Pheasant.

1875 Times 4 Feb. 2/4 (advt.) Pure and half-bred Lady Amherst pheasants.

1923 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 9 50 A somewhat more extensive series of crosses between the gold pheasant and Lady Amherst pheasant.

1974 W. Condry Woodlands ii. 29 An alien bird that has escaped into the forest from the nearby estate of Exbury is Lady Amherst's pheasant which is now quite numerous.

1996 Independent on Sunday 27 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 50/2 Two other species, the golden pheasant..and the showy Lady Amherst's pheasant—introduced in the 1890s—are more recent arrivals which have established themselves in parts of eastern England.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lady amhersts pheasant
释义	Lady Amherst's pheasantn. Brit. /ˌleɪdɪ ˌam(h)əːsts ˈfɛznt/, U.S. /ˌleɪdi ˌæm(h)ərsts ˈfɛznt/ Forms: α. 1800s– Lady Amherst's pheasant. β. 1800s– Lady Amherst pheasant. Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Lady Amherst , pheasant n. Etymology: < the genitive of Lady Amherst, the name of Sarah, Countess Amherst (1762–1838), wife of William Pitt Amherst, British Governor-General of India, who sent the first specimen of the bird to England in 1828 + pheasant n. Compare scientific Latin amherstiae , specific name (in Phasianus amherstiae : B. Leadbeater 1833, in Trans. Linnean Soc. London 16 129; the paper in which Leadbeater proposed the specific name was read to the Linnean Society on December 2, 1828). In β. forms < Lady Amherst + pheasant n. A ruffed pheasant, Chrysolophus amherstiae, native to parts of China and Burma (Myanmar) and introduced to Britain, the male of which has predominantly greenish-black and white plumage with bright yellow and red on the lower back and a very long barred tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > general or unspecified member pheasantc1299 partridgec1300 quail1625 Lady Amherst's pheasant1844 1844 G. R. Gray List Specimens Birds Brit. Mus. III. 24 Lady Amherst's Pheasant. 1875 Times 4 Feb. 2/4 (advt.) Pure and half-bred Lady Amherst pheasants. 1923 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 9 50 A somewhat more extensive series of crosses between the gold pheasant and Lady Amherst pheasant. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands ii. 29 An alien bird that has escaped into the forest from the nearby estate of Exbury is Lady Amherst's pheasant which is now quite numerous. 1996 Independent on Sunday 27 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 50/2 Two other species, the golden pheasant..and the showy Lady Amherst's pheasant—introduced in the 1890s—are more recent arrivals which have established themselves in parts of eastern England. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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