noun
pheasant
FEH-zuhnt
noun
1
A long-tailed game bird often hunted for sport and food.
"A pheasant darted across the country lane."
2
The meat of this bird, served as food.
"The restaurant's autumn menu featured roast pheasant with chestnuts."
How to Use Pheasant
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA colorful game bird commonly hunted in the countryside, or its meat when cooked.
Common pairings
roast pheasant
shoot pheasant
pheasant season
Word Forms
pheasants plural
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Etymology
From Old French fesan, ultimately from Greek phasianos, "bird of the river Phasis," the river where the bird was said to have first been found by the Greeks.