tragopan

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noun brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head

From Latin tragopān (“bird found in Ethiopia”), from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) + Πάν (Pán, “Pan”).

They were tragopans, ornamented by a pendant skin which hangs over their throats, and by two small, round horns, planted behind the eyes. — The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne

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