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Tragopan
Trag′o-pan
,Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
tragopan
a fabulous Ethiopian bird, Gr. [GREEK].] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus
Ceriornis
. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (Ceriornis satyra
), of India is one of the best-known species. Definition 2024
Tragopan
Tragopan
See also: tragopan
Translingual
Proper noun
Tragopan m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – the tragopans.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Phasianinae - subfamily
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
tragopan
tragopan
See also: Tragopan
English
Noun
tragopan (plural tragopans)
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