PHEASANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does pheasant mean?
• PHEASANT (noun)
The noun PHEASANT has 2 senses:
1. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
2. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
Familiarity information: PHEASANT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHEASANT (noun)
Meaning:
Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("pheasant" is a kind of...):
phasianid (a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pheasant"):
Phasianus colchicus; ring-necked pheasant (common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring)
afropavo; Afropavo congensis; Congo peafowl (both sexes are brightly colored)
argus; argus pheasant (large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant)
Chrysolophus pictus; golden pheasant (brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia)
monal; monaul (brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia)
bird of Juno; peafowl (very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird)
tragopan (brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head)
Holonyms ("pheasant" is a member of...):
genus Phasianus; Phasianus (type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants)
Meaning:
Flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("pheasant" is a kind of...):
wildfowl (flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food)
Domain category:
game bird (any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport)
Holonyms ("pheasant" is a part of...):
Phasianus colchicus; ring-necked pheasant (common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring)
