单词 | ring-neck pheasant |
释义 | > as lemmasring-neck pheasant ring-neck pheasant n. = ring-necked pheasant n. at ring-necked adj. Compounds; cf. sense 1b. ΚΠ ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VI. 332 The Ring-neck Pheasant: a very beautiful bird, which differs in having a ring of pure white round the neck. 1913 Amer. Naturalist 47 701 The ring-neck pheasant, so called, refers to the common stock pheasant which is now practically pure torquatus. 1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 134 Three introduced species—ringneck pheasant, gray (Hungarian) partridge, and chuker partridge—occur only sporadically. 2002 Field & Stream Jan. (Suppl.) 60/1 Geneticists..have crossed English ringneck pheasants with Korean green pheasants, Mongolian pheasants, and black-necked pheasants. < as lemmas |
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