argus pheasant

ar·gus pheasant

A0420000 (är′gəs)n. A large bird (Argusianus argus) of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra, having long tail feathers marked with brilliantly colored, eyelike spots.

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[After Argus, , whose hundred eyes were given to a peacock's tail.]

argus pheasant

n (Animals) either of two pheasants, Argusianus argus (great argus) or Rheinardia ocellata (crested argus), occurring in SE Asia and Indonesia. The males have very long tails marked with eyelike spots

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argus pheasant - large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasantarguspheasant - large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhereArgusianus, genus Argusianus - argus pheasants