Look up: Pheasant


  1. Pheasant
    A medium-sized game bird related to the partridge and the quail. The female's flesh is plumper, juicier, and more tender. Farm-raised birds have a somewhat milder flavor than wild varieties.
    Found op http://www.nutribase.com/fishmeat.shtml

  2. pheasant
    [n] - (game bird) flesh of a pheasant 2. [n] - large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=pheasant

  3. Pheasant
    Pheas'ant noun [ Middle English fesant , fesaunt , Old French faisant , faisan , French faisan , Latin phasianus , Greek ... (sc. ...) the Phasian bird, pheasant, from ... a river in Colchis or Pontus.] 1.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/70

  4. pheasant
    1. <ornithology> 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. ... The common, or English, pheasant (Phasianus Colchicus) is now found over most of temperate Europe, but was introduced fro...
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  5. pheasant
    noun large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
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  6. pheasant
    noun flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
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  7. pheasant
    any bird of the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes) that is larger than a quail or partridge. Most pheasants—some 50 species in about 16 genera ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/54

  8. Pheasant
    [disambiguation] Pheasant can refer to ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant_(disambiguation)



  1. Pheasant
    HMS Pheasant was a British modified Black Swan Class sloop of 1430 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Pheasant was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 192. She was armed with six 4 inch dual purpose guns and eight 2 pdr anti-aircraft ...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RP.HTM

  2. Pheasant
    Pheasant was British army Second World War slang for the 17/25 pdr anti-tank gun.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZP.HTM

  3. Pheasant
    Pheasant was British army Second World War slang for the 17/25 pdr anti-tank gun.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZP.HTM

  4. Pheasant
    The pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a semi-domesticated ground nesting bird of the family Phasianidae, which lives in woods and thick covert. The nest is a hollow in the ground, lined with a little grass and leaves, and usually concealed in close covert or a hedge.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BP.HTM

  5. Pheasant
    Pheasants refer to some members of the Phasianinae (Horsfield, 1821) subfamily of Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails. Males are usually larger than...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant

  6. pheasant
    pheasant, common name for some members of a family (Phasianidae) of henlike birds related to the grouse and including the Old World partridge, the peacock, various domestic and jungle fowls, and the true pheasants (genus Phasianus). Pheasants are characterized by their wattled heads and long tails a...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0838713.html

  7. pheasant
    Any of various large, colourful Asiatic fowls of the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, which also includes grouse, quail, and turkey. The typical pheasants are in the genus Phasianus, which has two species: the Japanese pheasant, P. versicolor, found in Japan, and the Eurasian rin...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008563.html

  8. pheasant
    1) Dish served under glass 2) Game bird 3) Ground nesting bird 4) Phasianid 5) Ring-necked bird
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/pheasant/1

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