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- Pheasant - n. - Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidae, found chiefly in Asia.
- Pheasant - n. - The ruffed grouse.
- Pheasantry - n. - A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.
- Lyre bird - - Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.
- Peacock - n. - The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
- Impeyan pheasant - - An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal.
- Monal - n. - Any Asiatic pheasant of the genus Lophophorus, as the Impeyan pheasant.
- Tragopan - n. - Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.
- Koklass - n. - Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras.