pheasant has definitions from the fields of zoology,game bird,chemistry,food
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[ noun ] (zoology,game bird) large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

They are willing to settle , however , in anything that offers pheasants to shoot at and peasants to work_at .

After Larkin has been persuaded to restock his tangled acres with pheasants , he poaches only what he needs for the nourishment of his family and local callers .

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[ noun ] (game bird) flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
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