Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as the lyre bird, the
leipoa, etc.
Fireback pheasant. See Fireback. -- Gold, or Golden, pheasant (Zoˆl.),
a Chinese pheasant (Thaumalea picta), having rich, varied colors. The
crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and the under parts
are scarlet. -- Mountain pheasant (Zoˆl.), the ruffed grouse. [Local,
U.S.] -- Pheasant coucal (Zoˆl.), a large Australian cuckoo (Centropus
phasianus). The general color is black, with chestnut wings and brown
tail. Called also pheasant cuckoo. The name is also applied to other
allied species. -- Pheasant duck. (Zoˆl.) (a) The pintail. (b) The
hooded merganser. -- Pheasant parrot (Zoˆl.), a large and beautiful
Australian parrakeet (Platycercus Adelaidensis). The male has the back
black, the feathers margined with yellowish blue and scarlet, the
quills deep blue, the wing coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown,
sides of the neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet. --
Pheasant's eye. (Bot.) (a) A red-flowered herb (Adonis autumnalis) of
the Crowfoot family; -- called also pheasant's-eye Adonis. (b) The
garden pink (Dianthus plumarius); - - called also Pheasant's-eye pink.
-- Pheasant shell (Zoˆl.), any marine univalve shell of the genus
Phasianella, of which numerous species are found in tropical seas. The
shell is smooth and usually richly colored, the colors often forming
blotches like those of a pheasant. -- Pheasant wood. (Bot.) Same as
Partridge wood (a), under Partridge. -- Sea pheasant (Zoˆl.), the
pintail. -- Water pheasant. (Zoˆl.) (a) The sheldrake. (b) The hooded
merganser.
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Pheas"ant*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. faisanderie.] A place for keeping and
rearing pheasants. Gwilt.
Phe"be (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Phúbe.
Pheer, n. See 1st Fere. [Obs.] Spenser.
Pheese (?), v. t. To comb; also, to beat; to worry. [Obs. or Local] See
Feaze, v.
Pheese, n. Fretful excitement. [Obs. or Local] See Feaze, n.
Phel"lo*derm (?), n. [Gr. &?; cork + -derm.] (Bot.) A layer of green
parenchimatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.
Phel"lo*gen (?), n. [Gr. &?; cork + - gen.] (Bot.) The tissue of young
cells which produces cork cells.
Phel`lo*plas"tics (?), n. [Gr. &?; cork + &?; to mold.] Art of modeling
in cork.
Phen"a*cite (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, impostor, deceiver.] (Min.) A glassy
colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as
a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its
deceptive similarity to quartz.
Phen`a*kis"to*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; a deceiver + -scope.] A revolving
disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen
successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual
motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence
of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often
arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.
Phe*nan"threne (?), n. [Phenyl + antracene.] (Chem.) A complex
hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white
crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.
Phe*nan"thri*dine (?), n. [Phenanthrene + pyridine.] (Chem.) A
nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, C13H9N, analogous to phenanthrene and
quinoline.
Phe*nan"thro*line (?), n. [Phenanthrene + quinoline.] (Chem.) Either of
two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases, C12H8N2, analogous to
phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized.