Impeyan pheasant
Impeyan pheasant noun: a species of pheasant, Lophophorus impejanus.
Noun
Impeyan pheasant (plural Impeyan pheasants)
- A species of pheasant, Lophophorus impejanus.
- The Impeyan pheasant is an example in point : adapted for regions where the temperature is at the most only moderate, and often at a low degree, this noble bird soon dies when taken from its alpine home into the burning lowlands of India; and hence arises one of the difficulties in the way of our...1836 August 27, The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volume 5, page 330
- Fig. 13.3.[…]Impeyan pheasants (Lophophorus impejanus)(c) bow low before the hen, then peck vigorously.2003, Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Developmental Plasticity and Evolution, Oxford University Press, page 245
- Synonyms:
- Himalayan monal, Impeyan monal
Synonyms of Impeyan pheasant
- Himalayan monal
- Impeyan monal
Forms of Impeyan pheasant
| plural | Impeyan pheasants |
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Origin of Impeyan pheasant
After English natural historian Lady Mary Impey, who established a menagerie in Calcutta. Named in 1790 by ornithologist John Latham, who described the species from a preserved corpse from the menagerie.
Questions about Impeyan pheasant
- What does Impeyan pheasant mean?
- Impeyan pheasant means a species of pheasant, Lophophorus impejanus.
- What part of speech is Impeyan pheasant?
- Impeyan pheasant is a noun.
- What is the plural of Impeyan pheasant?
- The plural of Impeyan pheasant is Impeyan pheasants.
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