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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of pheasants, of the family Phasianidæ, the type of which is Reeves's pheasant, S. reevesi; so called from the magnificent train formed by the tail, which exceeds in length that of any other pheasant. See cut under Phasianus.

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