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pheasants

Variant of pheasant

noun pl. pheasants or pheasant

any of a number of large gallinaceous birds (family Phasianidae), usually with a long, sweeping tail and brilliant feathers
☆ any of a number of birds resembling the pheasant, as the ruffed grouse

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