tragopan
noun
trag·o·pan
ˈtragəˌpan
1
capitalized : a genus of brilliantly colored Asiatic pheasants having the back and breast covered usually with white or buff ocelli and the head in the male ornamented with two bright-colored wattles and a pair of fleshy erectile horns see crimson tragopan
2
plural -s : any bird of the genus Tragopan
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, a kind of vulture, from Greek tragopan, from tragos he-goat + Pan, ancient Greek god of woods and shepherds
First Known Use
1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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