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pheasant
/ˈfɛzənt/
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What does pheasant mean?
noun
- A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
- The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfɛzənt/
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Moreover, it requires much more courage to finish a wild ox than to destroy a tame and kindly pheasant.
The pheasant can be tamed by careful handling, but cats and dogs and other small animals must be kept away.
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A few hours before serving, roast the pheasant and baste it well with melted butter and a wine-glass of Madeira or Marsala.
The “unwieldy size” of the secondary wing-feathers of the male Argus pheasant is said “almost entirely to deprive the bird of flight.”
There were a couple of brace of cold woodcock, a pheasant, a pâté de foie gras pie with a group of ancient and cobwebby bottles.