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Tragopan

Tragopan Meaning & Definition
Tragopan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tragopan?

[n] brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head

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See Also | genus Tragopan | pheasant

Tragopan In Webster's Dictionary

\Trag"o*pan\, n. [NL., fr. L. tragopan a fabulous Ethiopian bird, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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