argus pheasant
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ar·gus pheasant
(är′gəs)n.
A large bird (Argusianus argus) of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra, having long tail feathers marked with brilliantly colored, eyelike spots.
[After Argus, , whose hundred eyes were given to a peacock's tail.]
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argus pheasant
n
(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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Noun | 1. | ![]() pheasant - large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere Argusianus, genus Argusianus - argus pheasants |
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