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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pheas•ant /ˈfɛzənt/USA pronunciation n. - Birds[countable] a large, typically long-tailed bird.
- [uncountable] the meat of this bird.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pheas•ant (fez′ənt),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- Birdsany of various other birds that resemble or suggest a pheasant.
- Birds[Southern U.S.]the ruffed grouse.
- Greek phāsiānós (órnis) (bird) of the Phasis, river in the Caucasus
- Latin phāsiānus
- Anglo-French; Old French fesan
- Middle English fesaunt 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pheasant /ˈfɛzənt/ n - any of various long-tailed gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, esp Phasianus colchicus (ring-necked pheasant), having a brightly-coloured plumage in the male: native to Asia but introduced elsewhere
- any of various other gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, including the quails and partridges
- US Canadian any of several other gallinaceous birds, esp the ruffed grouse
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Greek phasianos ornis Phasian bird, named after the River Phasis, in Colchis |