pheasants eye (fezantsi)

1. See Adonis, 2.-2. Same as pheasant's - eye pink (which see, under pink2 ). pheasant-shell (fez'ant-shel), n. A shell of the genus Phasianella. See cut under Phasianella. pheasant-tailed (fez'ant-tald), a. Having a long tail like that of a pheasant: as, the pheas ant - tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus, a bird of the family Parridæ or Jacanidæ, found in eastern and southeastern Asia. See cut under Hydrophasianus. pheasant-wood (fez'ant-wud), n. Same as ing i in Oregon should prove succe ful. (b) Hence, any bird of the subfamily Phasianinæ or (with a few excep- partridge -wood. virgin i an a) is known as the partridge, and called par tridge in the Northern States wherever the bobwhite is known as the quail. See cut under Bonasa. (d) Loosely, one of various birds which resemble or suggest pheasant, especially in the length of the tail: usually with a quali fying word: (1) The reed-pheasant, or bearded titmouse, Panurus biarmicus. [Norfolk, Eng.] (2) The magpie. [Cornwall, Eng.] (3) One of several different American guans ( Cracida ). (4) The Australian mallee-bird. See Leipoa. (5) A duck, Dafila acuta: more fully called pheasant-duck, sea - pheasant, or water - pheasant. [Local, U. S. and Eng.] (6) A merganser; any one of the three in the United States: more fully called pheasant - duck or water - pheasant. [Local, ul. Am herstian or Lady Amherst's pheasant, Chrysolophus or Thaumalea amherstiæ, one of the golden pheasants, with a very long tail, and highly developed ruff around the head, gorgeously arrayed in golden-yellow, green, crimson, white, and other colors. It is sometimes seen in confinement, like T. picta. - Argus-pheasant. See Argus, 3.-Blood-pheasant, any member of the genus It hag in is, as 1. cruentatus. See cut under It hag in is. Bohemian pheasant, a variety of the common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, produced in semi-domestication.Copper pheasant, Sömmering's pheasant, P. sæmmer ing i, from Japan. - Cornish pheasant, the magpie. [Cornwall, Eng.] -Derbian pheasant. See Derbian and Oreophasis. Eared pheasant, a pheasant of the genus Cro optilon, having a tuft of feathers projecting like an ear on each side of the head and neck. They are large birds, not long-tailed, but with a peculiarity of the middle tail-feathers; the males are spurred; the plumage is not so brilliant as that of most pheasants, and the coloration is chiefly ma ed in large areas of light and dark. There are two Chinese species, C. mantchuricum and C. auri tum; and two Tibetan, C. thibetanum and C. drouyni. All inhabit high mountain-ranges. - English pheasant, the common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, an Asiatic bird naturalized in Great Britain prior to 1059.- Fire-backed pheasant, a fireback; a Macartney pheasant, a member of that section of the genus Euplocamus in which the plumage is intensely lustrous, part of the back being of a fiery tint. There are several species, as E. ignitus, inhabiting the Malay peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Formosa. That of Siam is E. prælat us, formerly Phasianus diardi, sometimes forming a separate section of the genus, called Diardigallus. The For mos an fireback, E. swinhoei, has the fiery color of the back replaced by black and blue; it represents a section called Hierophasis. - Golden pheasant, a magnificent pheasant of the genus Chrysolophus or Thaumalea, as C. pictus or T. picta, and C. or T. am n. feer3. pheeset, pheezet, n. Bad spellings of feezel. Phegopteris (fe-gop'te-ris), [NL. (Presl, 1836), Pheidiac, a. Same as Phidian. Pheidian, a. See Phidian. Phelipæa (fel-i-pē'ä), n. [NL. (Tournefort, 1700), named after Louis and Hiér. Phélipeaux, French naval officers and patrons of science.] A genus of parasitic plants of the gamopetalous order Orobanchaceæ, characterized by the broad and spreading corolla-lobes, equal parallel anther-cells, and five unequal acute calyx-teeth. Two species are Oriental herbs, with a rather smooth, unbranched, leafle stem, bearing a few scales at the base, above becoming a long smooth peduncle bearing a single large scarlet flower. P. of the Old World, has been used for dyeing black. Eight North American species, formerly included in this genus, are now separated, constituting the American genus Aphyllon. See broom- rape. phelloderm (fel'ō-derm), n. [NL., and give rise to cork. phellogenetic (fel"ō-jē-net'ik), a. [ phenic in adj. of πλάσσειν, form: see plastic.] The art of cutting and manipulating cork, as in making architectural models, etc. phelonion (fē-lō'ni-on), n.; pl. phelonia (-a). [