ring-necked pheasant

ring-necked pheasant

n. A widely distributed game bird (Phasianus colchicus) native to Eurasia and introduced elsewhere, the male of which has a long pointed tail, brightly colored plumage, and a white ring around the neck.

ring-necked pheasant

n (Animals) a common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, originating in Asia. The male has a bright plumage with a band of white around the neck and the female is mottled brown

ring′-necked` pheas′ant

n. an Asian pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, the male of which has a white band around the neck: widely introduced as a game bird in North America and other parts of the world. [1825–35]

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ring-necked pheasant - common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ringPhasianus colchicusgenus Phasianus, Phasianus - type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasantspheasant - large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewherepheasant - flesh of a pheasant; usually braised