TRAGOPAN


Meaning of TRAGOPAN in English

ˈtragəˌpan noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a kind of vulture, from Greek tragopan, from tragos he-goat + Pan, ancient Greek god of woods and shepherds — more at tragedy

1. capitalized : a genus of brilliantly colored Asiatic pheasants having the back and breast covered usually with white or buff ocelli and the head in the male ornamented with two bright-colored wattles and a pair of fleshy erectile horns — see crimson tragopan

2. -s : any bird of the genus Tragopan

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