pheasant
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- noun
- /ˈfɛzənt/
:
carne de faisán
- At the restaurant, I ordered the braised pheasant, and it was incredibly tender and flavorful.
- roast pheasant
- breast of pheasant
- roasted pheasant
I had a little bit of a pheasant and man, this thing, the meat is so small on a pheasant.
- I had a little bit of a pheasant and man, this thing, the meat is so small on a pheasant.
Examples
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A half-cooked pheasant is of little good either to himself or to anyone else.
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For dinner, we enjoyed a beautifully roasted pheasant served with seasonal vegetables.
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I had a little bit of a pheasant and man, this thing, the meat is so small on a pheasant.
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And I'll have the pheasant... thank you.
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Have you seen the price of pheasant?
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We'll have a little cold pheasant and champagne.
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Someone's having pheasant for dinner.
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- We're having pheasant with truffles.
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Platters of pheasant, duck, or lamb occupied the center of most tables.
Fiction book (1992) -
The pheasant was smothered in walnut hollandaise; the boar dripped with apple brandy and cinnamon syrup.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.0
Meat from animals like chicken or duck that people eat
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1.6
Meat from birds like chickens, ducks and turkeys used for food
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Meat from birds like chicken or duck used for food
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A roast pheasant served under a glass cover in fine restaurants
Compounds
- Indian
A large bird that lives on the ground with shiny black feathers and a long tail
- Philippine
A large Southeast Asian bird with eye-like spots on its wings and tail
A brightly colored bird with feathers on its head whose male has red and gold feathers
- Australian
A large Australian bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail like a pheasant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pheasant for the meat also comes from the river name Phasis, because people first named the bird after that place. So when you eat a pheasant, the word means the cooked or roasted meat of that long-tailed bird.