Толковый словарь английского языка - pheasant
Pheasant
pheasant
noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English fesaunt, from Anglo-French fesant, faisan, from Latin phasianus, from Greek (ornis) phasianos, from phasianos of the Phasis River, from Phasis, river in Colchis Date: 13th century any of numerous large often long-tailed and brightly colored Old World gallinaceous birds (Phasianus and related genera of the family Phasianidae) including many raised as ornamental or game birds, any of various birds resembling a ~
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n. any of several long-tailed game-birds of the family Phasianidae, orig. from Asia. Derivatives pheasantry n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: ME f. AF fesaunt f. OF faisan f. L phasianus f. Gk phasianos (bird) of the river Phasis in Asia Minor ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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