Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Chinese jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus. See cut under
Hydrophasianus . - noun The pintail or a congeneric duck, having a long tail. See
pheasant , and cut underDafila . - noun The goosander, Mergus merganser; also, the hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus.
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Examples
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The eggs of the water-pheasant are in shape like pegtops without the peg.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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Two species of jacana occur in India: the bronze-winged (_Motopus indicus_) and the pheasant-tailed jacana or the water-pheasant
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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The nest of the bronze-winged species is usually larger and more massive than that of the water-pheasant.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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Foremost among the waterfowl for beauty is the water-pheasant.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Samuel White Baker 1857
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