pheasant

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fesaunt, fesant, from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós), meaning “[bird] of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”, from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west. Replaced native Old English wōrhana, a variant of mōrhana. More at moorhen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛzənt/ Rhymes: -ɛzənt === Noun === pheasant (countable and uncountable, plural pheasants) (countable) A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food. (uncountable) The meat of this bird, eaten as food. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: ffesant → Cornish: fesont ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === ant-heaps, thapsane, Stephana, antheaps