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  Pheasant \Pheas"ant\, n. [OE. fesant, fesaunt, OF. faisant,
     faisan, F. faisan, L. phasianus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the Phasian
     bird, pheasant, fr. ? a river in Colchis or Pontus.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large
        gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many
        other genera of the family Phasianid[ae], found chiefly
        in Asia.
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     Note: The
  
     common pheasant, or English pheasant ({Phasianus
        Colchicus) is now found over most of temperate Europe,
        but was introduced from Asia. The
  
     ring-necked+pheasant+({Phasianus+torquatus" rel="nofollow">ring-necked pheasant ({Phasianus torquatus) and the
  
     green+pheasant+({Phasianus+versicolor" rel="nofollow">green pheasant ({Phasianus versicolor) have been
        introduced into Oregon. The
  
     golden+pheasant+({Thaumalea+picta" rel="nofollow">golden pheasant ({Thaumalea picta) is one of the most
        beautiful species. The
  
     silver+pheasant+({Euplocamus+nychthemerus" rel="nofollow">silver pheasant ({Euplocamus nychthemerus) of China, and
        several related species from Southern Asia, are very
        beautiful.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as
           the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Fireback pheasant. See Fireback.
  
     Gold pheasant, or Golden pheasant (Zo["o]l.), a Chinese
        pheasant ({Thaumalea picta), having rich, varied colors.
        The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and
        the under parts are scarlet.
  
     Mountain pheasant (Zo["o]l.), the ruffed grouse. [Local,
        U.S.]
  
     Pheasant coucal (Zo["o]l.), a large Australian cuckoo
        ({Centropus phasianus). The general color is black, with
        chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also pheasant
        cuckoo. The name is also applied to other allied species.
        
  
     Pheasant duck. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The pintail.
        (b) The hooded merganser.
  
     Pheasant parrot (Zo["o]l.), a large and beautiful
        Australian parrakeet ({Platycercus Adelaidensis). The
        male has the back black, the feathers margined with
        yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing
        coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the
        neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet.
  
     Pheasant's eye. (Bot.)
        (a) A red-flowered herb ({Adonis autumnalis) of the
            Crowfoot family; -- called also pheasant's-eye
            Adonis.
        (b) The garden pink ({Dianthus plumarius); -- called also
            Pheasant's-eye pink.
  
     Pheasant shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine univalve shell of the
        genus Phasianella, of which numerous species are found
        in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly
        colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a
        pheasant.
  
     Pheasant wood. (Bot.) Same as Partridge wood
        (a), under Partridge.
  
     Sea pheasant (Zo["o]l.), the pintail.
  
     Water pheasant. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The sheldrake.
        (b) The hooded merganser.
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  Ruffed \Ruffed\, a.
     Furnished with a ruff.
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     Ruffed grouse (Zo["o]l.), a North American grouse ({Bonasa
        umbellus) common in the wooded districts of the Northern
        United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black
        feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the
        loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season.
        Called also tippet grouse, partridge, birch
        partridge, pheasant, drummer, and white-flesher.
  
     ruffed lemur (Zo["o]l.), a species of lemur ({lemur
        varius) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the
        head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called
        also ruffed maucaco.
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  Ruffed \Ruffed\, a.
     Furnished with a ruff.
  
     Ruffed grouse (Zo["o]l.), a North American grouse ({Bonasa
        umbellus) common in the wooded districts of the Northern
        United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black
        feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the
        loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season.
        Called also tippet grouse, partridge, birch
        partridge, pheasant, drummer, and white-flesher.
  
     ruffed lemur (Zo["o]l.), a species of lemur ({lemur
        varius) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the
        head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called
        also ruffed maucaco.

  Pheasant \Pheas"ant\, n. [OE. fesant, fesaunt, OF. faisant,
     faisan, F. faisan, L. phasianus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the Phasian
     bird, pheasant, fr. ? a river in Colchis or Pontus.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large
        gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many
        other genera of the family Phasianid[ae], found chiefly
        in Asia.

  
  
     Note: The
  
     common,+or+English,+{pheasant+({Phasianus+Colchicus" rel="nofollow">common, or English, {pheasant ({Phasianus Colchicus) is
        now found over most of temperate Europe, but was
        introduced from Asia. The
  
     ring-necked+pheasant+({P.+torquatus" rel="nofollow">ring-necked pheasant ({P. torquatus) and the
  
     green+pheasant+({P.+versicolor" rel="nofollow">green pheasant ({P. versicolor) have been introduced into
        Oregon. The
  
     golden+pheasant+({Thaumalea+picta" rel="nofollow">golden pheasant ({Thaumalea picta) is one of the most
        beautiful species. The
  
     silver+pheasant+({Euplocamus+nychthemerus" rel="nofollow">silver pheasant ({Euplocamus nychthemerus) of China, and
        several related species from Southern Asia, are very
        beautiful.
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.]
  
     Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as
           the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc.
  
     Fireback pheasant. See Fireback.
  
     Gold, or Golden, pheasant (Zo["o]l.), a Chinese
        pheasant ({Thaumalea picta), having rich, varied colors.
        The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and
        the under parts are scarlet.
  
     Mountain pheasant (Zo["o]l.), the ruffed grouse. [Local,
        U.S.]
  
     Pheasant coucal (Zo["o]l.), a large Australian cuckoo
        ({Centropus phasianus). The general color is black, with
        chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also pheasant
        cuckoo. The name is also applied to other allied species.
        
  
     Pheasant duck. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The pintail.
        (b) The hooded merganser.
  
     Pheasant parrot (Zo["o]l.), a large and beautiful
        Australian parrakeet ({Platycercus Adelaidensis). The
        male has the back black, the feathers margined with
        yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing
        coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the
        neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet.
  
     Pheasant's eye. (Bot.)
        (a) A red-flowered herb ({Adonis autumnalis) of the
            Crowfoot family; -- called also pheasant's-eye
            Adonis.
        (b) The garden pink ({Dianthus plumarius); -- called also
            Pheasant's-eye pink.
  
     Pheasant shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine univalve shell of the
        genus Phasianella, of which numerous species are found
        in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly
        colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a
        pheasant.
  
     Pheasant wood. (Bot.) Same as Partridge wood
        (a), under Partridge.
  
     Sea pheasant (Zo["o]l.), the pintail.
  
     Water pheasant. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The sheldrake.
        (b) The hooded merganser.

  Gold \Gold\ (g[=o]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G.
     gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. &
     OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See
     Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]
     1. (Chem.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious
        metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It
        has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest
        substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and
        very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by
        heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore
        well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au
        (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7.
  
     Note: Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of
           silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver
           increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific
           gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in
           the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity.
           It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in
           slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial
           soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks.
           It also occurs associated with other metallic
           substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined
           with tellurium in the minerals petzite, calaverite,
           sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use,
           and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the
           latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See
           Carat.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the
           pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride, which
           is used as a toning agent in photography.
  
     2. Money; riches; wealth.
  
              For me, the gold of France did not seduce. --Shak.
  
     3. A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower
        tipped with gold.
  
     4. Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of
        gold. --Shak.
  
     Age of gold. See Golden age, under Golden.
  
     Dutch gold, Fool's gold, Gold dust, etc. See under
        Dutch, Dust, etc.
  
     Gold amalgam, a mineral, found in Columbia and California,
        composed of gold and mercury.
  
     Gold beater, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold
        leaf.
  
     Gold beater's skin, the prepared outside membrane of the
        large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves
        of metal during the process of gold-beating.
  
     Gold beetle (Zo["o]l.), any small gold-colored beetle of
        the family Chrysomelid[ae]; -- called also golden
        beetle.
  
     Gold blocking, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book
        cover, by means of an engraved block. --Knight.
  
     Gold cloth. See Cloth of gold, under Cloth.
  
     Gold Coast, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa.
        
  
     Gold cradle. (Mining) See Cradle, n., 7.
  
     Gold diggings, the places, or region, where gold is found
        by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated
        by washing.
  
     Gold end, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry.
  
     Gold-end man.
        (a) A buyer of old gold or jewelry.
        (b) A goldsmith's apprentice.
        (c) An itinerant jeweler. ``I know him not: he looks like
            a gold-end man.'' --B. Jonson.
  
     Gold fever, a popular mania for gold hunting.
  
     Gold field, a region in which are deposits of gold.
  
     Gold finder.
        (a) One who finds gold.
        (b) One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low] --Swift.
  
     Gold flower, a composite plant with dry and persistent
        yellow radiating involucral scales, the Helichrysum
        St[oe]chas of Southern Europe. There are many South
        African species of the same genus.
  
     Gold foil, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and
        others. See Gold leaf.
  
     Gold knobs or knoppes (Bot.), buttercups.
  
     Gold lace, a kind of lace, made of gold thread.
  
     Gold latten, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal.
  
     Gold leaf, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and
        used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil.
        
  
     Gold lode (Mining), a gold vein.
  
     Gold mine, a place where gold is obtained by mining
        operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is
        extracted by washing. Cf. Gold diggings (above).
  
     Gold nugget, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or
        digging; -- called also a pepito.
  
     Gold paint. See Gold shell.
  
     Gold or Golden, pheasant. (Zo["o]l.) See under
        Pheasant.
  
     Gold plate, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups,
        spoons, etc., made of gold.

  pheasant
       n 1: large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World
            but introduced elsewhere
       2: flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

  pheasant
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ πουλί en) o φασιανός

  pheasant
     n.
     A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.

  pheasant
     n.
     A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.

  pheasant
     n.
     A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.

  pheasant
     n.
     A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.

  pheasant
     Englanti n.
     (''eläintiede'') fasaani

  Pheasant /fˈɛzənt/
  الدرّاج

  pheasant //ˈfɛzənt// 
  фазан
  bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food

  pheasant /fˈɛzənt/ 
  bažant

  pheasant /fˈɛzənt/
  
  φασιανός

  pheasant //ˈfɛzənt// 
  fasaani
  bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food

  pheasant /feznt/
  faisan

  pheasant /fˈɛzənt/ 
  1. चिडा
        "He shot dead a cock pheasant."

  pheasant /fˈɛzənt/
  fazan

  pheasant /fˈɛzənt/
  fácán

  pheasant //ˈfɛzənt// 
  pegar, kuau
  bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food

  pheasant /fˈɛzənt/
  fagiano

  pheasant //ˈfɛzənt// 
  キジ, 雉, 雉子
  bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food

  pheasant /feznt/
  phasianus

  pheasant /feznt/
  fazant

  pheasant //ˈfɛzənt// 
  fasan
  bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food

  pheasant /ˈfezənt/ 
    bażant

  pheasant /feznt/
  faisán

  pheasant //ˈfɛzənt// 
  fasan
  bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food

  pheasant /fˈɛzənt/
  1. sülün, (zool.) Phasianus colchicus. peacock pheasant yaban tavusu, (zool.) Polyplectron napoleonis.

  
/ˈfɛzənt/

  n. 雉;

     n. 雉,野鸡