sea-pheasant
1. The turbot.
| 1633 [see pheasant 2 b]. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Eng. Rarities 26 Hallibut or Sea Pheasant. 1737 in W. Walker Bards Bon-Accord (1887) 161 Turbot, far requested for his white And mellow flesh, sea-pheasant often named. |
2. The pintail duck, Dafila acuta; also the longtailed duck, Harelda glacialis.
| a 1672 Willughby Ornith. (1676) 289 Anas caudacuta... Sea Pheasant: The Cracker. 1674, 1837 [see pheasant 2 b]. 1842 Bonnycastle Newfoundld. II. 236 The pintail duck..from its plumage and the shape of its tail is called the sea pheasant. 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery (ed. 2) 285 To roast the pintail, or sea-pheasant. 1893 in Cozens-Hardy Broad Norf. 47 Sea-Phaysant..Longtailed Duck. |