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Definition of Sea pheasant

Sea pheasant
Sea pheasant Sea" pheas"ant (Zo["o]l.) The pintail duck.
sea pheasant
Pintail Pin"tail`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.

Meaning of Sea pheasant from wikipedia

- phasi****, "pheasant". The species name colchicus is Latin for "of Colchis" (modern day Georgia), a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known...
- Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii), also known as the Taiwan blue pheasant, is a bird of the pheasant subfamily in the fowl family Phasianidae. It is...
- Malayan pea****-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) also known as crested pea****-pheasant or Malaysian pea****-pheasant, is a medium-sized pheasant of the galliform...
- The Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) is a species of gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Sometimes...
- The pea****-pheasants are a bird genus, Polyplectron, of the family Phasianidae, consisting of eight species. They are colored incon****uously, relying...
- The Palawan pea****-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis) is a medium-sized (up to 50cm long) bird in the family Phasianidae endemic to the island of Palawan...
- Pheasant Island (French: Île des Faisans/Île de la Conférence, Spanish: Isla de los Faisanes, Basque: Konpantzia, Faisaien Uhartea Konferentziako Uhartea)...
- The Vietnamese pheasant, or Vietnam fireback, was formerly considered a species of gallopheasant, Lophura hatinhensis, but is now considered a variant...
- The pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasi**** chirurgus) is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasi****. Like all other jacanas, they have elongated toes...
- Phasis from its outlet to the Black Sea at Poti, to Colchis (modern Kutaisi in Georgia).[citation needed] The term "pheasant" and the scientific name Phasi****...