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Tragopan
Trag′o-pan
,Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
tragopan
a fabulous Ethiopian bird, Gr. [GREEK].] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus
Ceriornis
. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (Ceriornis satyra
), of India is one of the best-known species.