fireback

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fireback - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fireback \Fire"back`\ (f[imac]r"b[a^]k`), n. (Zool.)
     One of several species of pheasants of the genus
     Euplocamus, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They
     inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies.
     [1913 Webster]