ring-necked pheasant

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Definitions of ring-necked pheasant words

noun ring-necked pheasant a gallinaceous Asian bird, Phasianus colchicus, having a white band around its neck, introduced into Great Britain, North America, and the Hawaiian Islands. 1
noun ring-necked pheasant a common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, originating in Asia. The male has a bright plumage with a band of white around the neck and the female is mottled brown 0
noun ring-necked pheasant an Asian game fowl (Phasianus colchicus) with a whitish collar around the neck in the male, now widely introduced and bred in North America, Europe, etc. 0

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

First recorded in 1825-35

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