Etymology

Elliot's pheasant

Today it means: Syrmaticus ellioti, a large pheasant native to south-eastern China. Full definition →

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Named by Robert Swinhoe after the American ornithologist Daniel Giraud Elliot.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.