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trag⋅o⋅pan

[trag-uh-pan]
–noun
any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, having two fleshy, erectile horns on the head and wattles on the throat.

Origin:
1615–25; < NL, special use of L tragopān fabulous Ethiopian bird < Gk trágopān, equiv. to trágo(s) goat + Pn Pan
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trag·o·pan   (trāg'ə-pān')   
n.  Any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, the male of which has brilliant plumage, a brightly colored wattle, and two hornlike appendages on the head that inflate during courtship.

[Latin tragopān, fabulous bird, from Greek : tragos, goat + Pan, Pān; see Pan.]
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