Lady Amherst

A form of Lady Amherst's pheasant — A colourful pheasant, of species Chrysolophus amherstiae, indigenous to China but also found in Bedfordshire.

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Meanings

nounLady Amherst (plural Lady Amhersts)

plural Lady Amhersts

  1. UKabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Lady Amherst's pheasant.

    I would have guessed that the Lady Amherst (Chrysolophus amherstiae) would have been similar in its inclinations to the Golden (C. pictus), with which it will interbreed.

    1999 January 27, Dan Cowell, “Re: Free-ranging pheasants”, in sci.agriculture.poultry (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lady amherst's pheasant
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APA

Lady Amherst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lady%20Amherst

MLA

“Lady Amherst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lady%20Amherst. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lady Amherst,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lady%20Amherst.

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