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tragopan
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Wiktionary
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n. A pheasant of the genus ''Tragopan''.
WordNet
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n. brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Tragopan \Trag"o*pan\, n. [NL., fr. L. tragopan a fabulous Ethiopian bird, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis . They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually ...
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Tragopan is a genus of bird in the family Phasianidae . These birds are commonly called "horny pheasants" because of two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their heads that they can erect during courtship displays. The scientific name refers to this, being ...
Usage examples of tragopan.
Gideon Spilett, with a stone cleverly and vigorously thrown, killed one of these tragopans, on which Pencroft, made hungry by the fresh air, had cast greedy eyes.
March, after a hasty breakfast, which consisted solely of the roasted tragopan, the engineer wished to climb again to the summit of the volcano, so as more attentively to survey the island upon which he and his companions were imprisoned for life perhaps, should the island be situated at a great distance from any land, or if it was out of the course of vessels which visited the archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean.
They were tragopans, ornamented by a pendant skin which hangs over their throats, and by two small, round horns, planted behind the eyes.
Gideon Spilett, with a stone cleverly and vigorously thrown, killed one of these tragopans, on which Pencroft, made hungry by the fresh air, had cast greedy eyes.
But they had no lack of provisions, which was lucky, for there were no animals on the shore, though birds, on the contrary, abound—jacamars, couroucous, tragopans, grouse, lories, parrots, cockatoos, pheasants, pigeons, and a hundred others.
But they had no lack of provisions, which was lucky, for there were no animals on the shore, though birds, on the contrary, abounded—jacamars, couroucous, tragopans, grouse, lories, parrots, cockatoos, pheasants, pigeons, and a hundred others.