Impeyan pheasant
An Impeyan pheasant
Meaning
Noun
- A species of pheasant, Lophophorus impejanus.
Related
Similar words
- Himalayan monal, Impeyan monal
Broader meaning words
Origin
- 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.
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