Tragopan

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tragopan \Trag"o*pan\, n. [NL., fr. L. tragopan a fabulous
     Ethiopian bird, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
     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 ({Ceriornis satyra}), of India is one of the
     best-known species.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tragopan
       n : brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two
           fleshy processes on the head