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pheasant

/ˈfɛzənt/ noun B2
  1. A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food. (countable)
  2. The meat of this bird, eaten as food. (uncountable)

Plural pheasants

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I preserve, too, and in the pheasant months I usually have a house-party, so that it would not do to be short-handed.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 7 · B2
They are my favourite covert for putting up a bird, and I would never have overlooked such a cock pheasant as that.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 78 · B2
They killed a dozen pheasants in the park, as many trout in the stream, dined in a summer-house overlooking the ocean, and took tea in the library.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 861 · C1

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