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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And there were also some very colorful pheasants roaming around the property.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2025
The massive room has a wood-burning fireplace adorned with the Jordan family crest, which features a pheasant in a nod to the family’s business of raising birds for plumage to sell in San Francisco’s garment district.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
Looking skyward, birdwatchers can spot cockatoos and conures clinging to the surrounding trees, while the ground plays host to a wide range of creatures spanning from flamingos to the golden pheasant, a dazzling bird that’s native to East Asia.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
During a 2017 incident, a pheasant hunter in north-central Iowa was accidentally shot and wounded when a dog stepped on a shotgun's trigger guard and the gun fired.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2025
The massive room has a wood-burning fireplace adorned with the Jordan family crest, which features a pheasant in a nod to the family’s business of raising birds for plumage to sell in San Francisco’s garment district.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
Looking skyward, birdwatchers can spot cockatoos and conures clinging to the surrounding trees, while the ground plays host to a wide range of creatures spanning from flamingos to the golden pheasant, a dazzling bird that’s native to East Asia.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
During a 2017 incident, a pheasant hunter in north-central Iowa was accidentally shot and wounded when a dog stepped on a shotgun's trigger guard and the gun fired.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pheasant
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“Pheasant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pheasant. Accessed 18 Jun. 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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