trag·o·pan (tr g  -pn )n. Any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, the male of which has brilliant plumage, a brightly colored wattle, and two hornlike appendages on the head that inflate during courtship. [Latin tragop  n, fabulous bird, from Greek : tragos, goat + Pan, Pn; see Pan.] |
tragopan [ˈtrægəˌpæn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any pheasant of the genus Tragopan, of S and SE Asia, having a brilliant plumage and brightly coloured fleshy processes on the head
[via Latin from Greek, from tragos goat + Pan]
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| Noun | 1. |  tragopan - brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the headpheasant - large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere genus Tragopan - a genus of Phasianidae |
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