plural pheasant or pheasants
1
: any of numerous large often long-tailed and brightly colored Old World gallinaceous birds (Phasianus and related genera of the family Phasianidae) including many raised as ornamental or game birds compare ring-necked pheasant
2
: any of various birds resembling a pheasant
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The sights included fenced peacocks, pheasants, geese (some bite, they were cautioned), chickens, and, in a massive stable made of local stone, miniature Sicilian donkeys and Friesian horses.
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Bob Morris, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Some species now naturalized in the United Kingdom, for example—from apples and asparagus to fallow deer and pheasants—arrived with Roman conquerors.
—Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
The nation’s nearly three million pheasant and quail hunters, according to one study, delivered nearly $10 billion in economic impact across America in 2024.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Explored via elevated walkways, the woodsy preserve shelters other endemic species like sambar deer, blue sheep, muntjac and golden pheasant.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Bob Morris, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Some species now naturalized in the United Kingdom, for example—from apples and asparagus to fallow deer and pheasants—arrived with Roman conquerors.
—Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
The nation’s nearly three million pheasant and quail hunters, according to one study, delivered nearly $10 billion in economic impact across America in 2024.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Explored via elevated walkways, the woodsy preserve shelters other endemic species like sambar deer, blue sheep, muntjac and golden pheasant.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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pheasant
noun
pheas·ant
ˈfez-ᵊnt 
plural pheasant or pheasants
: any of numerous large long-tailed brightly colored birds that are related to the domestic chicken and many of which are raised as ornamental or game birds
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