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tragopan Ornith.|ˈtrægəʊpæn|
[a. L. tragopān, Gr. τραγόπᾱν, name of a reputed bird in Ethiopia (perh. the bearded vulture); f. τράγος goat + Πᾱ́ν Pan; in mod. Ornithology taken as the name of a genus (Cuvier, 1829).]
A pheasant of the genus Ceriornis (formerly Tragopan), characterized by having a pair of erectile fleshy horns on the head; the species are found in India, China, etc.
[1623Cockeram iii, Tragoponadus, a bird in Ethiope greater then an Eagle, hauing hornes like a Goate. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tragopanas.] 1831Gould Birds fr. Himalaya lxii, The genus Tragopan. 1847Carpenter Zool. §431 The Tragopans seem to connect the Pheasants with the Turkeys. 1882Athenæum 27 May 671/1 Additions made to the [Zool. Soc.] menagerie during April..: a pair of black-headed tragopans (Ceriornis melanocephala);..a male Cabot's tragopan (Ceriornis Caboti). |