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tragopan

American

[trag-uh-pan] / ˈtræg əˌpæn /

noun

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

tragopan British

/ ˈtræɡəˌpæn /

noun

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

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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)

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

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