argus pheasant

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A large bird (Argusianus argus) of southern Asia and the East Indies, having long tail feathers marked with brilliantly colored, eyelike spots.

[After Argus, whose hundred eyes were given to a peacock's tail.]

argus pheasant

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) either of two pheasants, Argusianus argus (great argus) or Rheinardia ocellata (crested argus), occurring in SE Asia and Indonesia. The males have very long tails marked with eyelike spots

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argus pheasant - large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant

argus

pheasant - large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere

Argusianus, genus Argusianus - argus pheasants

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