Gōld'en-phēas'ant, n.

noun

n. (Ornith.) A species of bird (Phasianus pictus), a native of China, and esteemed the most beautiful of its genus, from the richness and multiplicity of the tints of its plumage.

An illustration of a golden pheasant standing with its long patterned tail extending to the left. — Golden-pheasant (*P. pictus*).