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Definition of Tragopan
1. Noun. Brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head.
Definition of Tragopan
1. n. 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 (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.
Definition of Tragopan
1. Noun. A pheasant of the genus ''Tragopan''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tragopan
1. an Asian pheasant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tragopan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragopan
Literary usage of Tragopan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"tragopan, Cuv. The head of the male most fantastically ornamented; it is almost
naked, and behind each eye is a small slender horn; a wattle under the ..."
2. Gallinaceous Birds by William Jardine, Andrew Crichton (1860)
"THE NEPAUL OR HORNED tragopan. tragopan satyrus ... tragopan satyrus, Cuvier,
Regne Animal, ip 479.—Gould's Century. IN looking over the various ..."
3. Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China by George Bennet (1834)
"Reeves's pheasants—Golden pheasants—Silver pheasants— Blue pigeons—Stabbed-breast
pigeons—Widow birds—The horned tragopan—The mandarin teal—Conjugal ..."
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