noun
1.
a. : a large long-tailed pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera or Gennaeus nycthemerus ) of southern China that is often reared in Europe and America, has in the male a naked red face, a flowing bluish black crest, white tail, upper parts lightly penciled with black, and bluish black underparts, and is in the female chiefly mottled brownish
b. : any of various other pheasants of the same genus
2. : any of several of the eared pheasants