golden pheasant

American  

noun

1. an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.

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golden pheasant British  

noun

1. a brightly coloured pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, of the mountainous regions of W and central Asia, the males of which have a crest and ruff

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golden pheasant

These included the animals that had been confiscated by the police four years earlier, as well as a lion, a domestic dog, a golden pheasant, and everything else that remained of the ménagerie at Versailles.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2011

Here vain tastes prevail for golden pheasant and blue and crimson paroquet.

From Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools by Emilie Kip Baker

A small black fly, yellow tag, topping for tail, rib of silver, teal, and golden pheasant neck, breast feather of the peacock wing, mixed, blue feelers of macaw, jay at the shoulder.

From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by William Blacker

Plumage displays are indulged in by turkeys, the blue bird of paradise, the greater and lesser birds of paradise, the sage grouse and pinnated grouse, ruffed grouse, golden pheasant and argus pheasant.

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by William Temple Hornaday

There is another beautiful bird which has been brought to America, and now lives here; it is the golden pheasant.

From The Wonders of the Jungle Book One by Sarath Kumar Ghosh

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