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tragopan (TRAG-uh-pan) - n., any of a handful of species of brilliantly colored Asiatic pheasants (genus Tragopan), the males of which have brilliant plumage, a brightly colored wattle, and two hornlike appendages on the head that inflate during courtship.

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Yes, another bird, but the name doesn't sound insulting so not part of last week. There are five species, the best-known being the satyr tragopan, shown above. (I'm not quickly finding a good pic of the mating display horns.) The name was adapted by modern ornithologists from Latin tragopān, a fabulous bird of Ethiopia described as larger than an eagle with curved horns like a goat on its temples, its name being coined from Ancient Greek roots trágos, he-goat + Pán, the Greek god, who was usually depicted as having goat horns.

---L.