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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2006-03-09 07:21 am

nye of pheasants

nye (also nide) - n., a brood or flock of pheasants.


Specifically, one on the ground; flushed into the air, they become a bouquet of pheasants. From French nid, nest, brood, from Latin nidus, nest.

---L.

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