Meaning
a large bird with a rounded body and long tail, that spends a lot of time on the ground and is often shot for sport and food, or the meat of this bird:
A pheasant is a large, long-tailed bird. Males have bright, colorful feathers, while females are plain brown. People hunt these birds as a sport or eat their meat
- He shot a pheasant.
- roast pheasant
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