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Word: Pheasant
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French fesan, via Latin from Greek phasianos ‘(bird) of Phasis’, the name of a river in the Caucasus, from which the bird is said to have spread westwards
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfɛznt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large long-tailed game bird native to Asia, the male of which typically has very showy plumage.
Short Definition:large long-tailed game bird native to Asia
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