单词 | ring-necked pheasant |
释义 | > as lemmasring-necked pheasant ring-necked pheasant n. any of several forms of the common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, in which the male has a partial or complete white ring around the neck; spec. one of the subspecies P. c. torquatus, native to eastern China; also called ring, ringed, or ring-neck pheasant. ΚΠ 1775 Duchess of Northumberland Short Tour 39 There is nothing now left but two trumpet birds.., some ring-necked and some purple and white China phasants, [etc.].] 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 270/2 (table) Four Pheasant Mules, betwixt the ring-necked Pheasant and common Brown Hen. 1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 733/1 The Ring-necked Pheasant of China. 1940 Jrnl. Parasitol. 26 158 The common ring-necked pheasant..is highly refractive to the oviduct fluke Prosthogonimus macrorchis. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Nov. 88/3 (advt.) Tremendous populations of Ring-necked Pheasants, Sharptails and Wild Turkeys, plus Huns and Doves. < as lemmas |
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