English Explanatory Dictionary

Impeyan pheasant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of pheasant, Lophophorus impejanus.

Word forms

Impeyan pheasant Impeyan pheasants

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Himalayan monal Impeyan monal
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