golden pheasant

A pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) of Tibet and western China that has a long tail and brilliantly colored plumage.

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golden pheasant

(Animals) a brightly coloured pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, of the mountainous regions of W and central Asia, the males of which have a crest and ruff

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gold′en pheas′ant

a pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, orig. of W China and Tibet, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.

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golden pheasant - brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia

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

Chrysolophus, genus Chrysolophus - golden pheasants

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