Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tragopan

Tragopan , noun

[New Latin, from Latin tragopan a fabulous Ethiopian bird, Greek {not transcribed}.]

(Zoology) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (Ceriornis satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.