tragopan

American  

[trag-uh-pan] / ˈtræg əˌpæn /

noun

1. any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, having two fleshy, erectile horns on the head and wattles on the throat.

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tragopan British  

/ ˈtræɡəˌpæn /

noun

1. any pheasant of the genus Tragopan , of S and SE Asia, having a brilliant plumage and brightly coloured fleshy processes on the head

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Etymology

Origin of tragopan

1615–25; < New Latin, special use of Latin tragopān fabulous Ethiopian bird < Greek trágopān, equivalent to trágo ( s ) goat + Pā́n Pan

Example Sentences

Among the most interesting forms are the hornbills, the peacock, the Impey pheasant, the tragopan or horned pheasant, and other gallinaceous birds, the pheasant family being very characteristic of South-Eastern Asia.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

As I stood there, one hand on the tree trunk and still as a stone, a red tragopan crept out from the yellow-berried bramble at the edge of the steep.

From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)