pheasant /ˈfɛzənt/ noun2 •A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.Or sometimes, passing too near a sequestered copse, the shy tenants were startled, and the superb plumage of the pheasant dashed aside the branches, and the stately bird soared up on rattling wing. — 1834 •The meat of this bird, eaten as food.Tables were laid with cold pheasant, watercressy finger foods, sweets sufficient to give the Greater Raleigh Area sugar shock. — 1989 formspheasants
