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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FIREBACK

FIREBACK Fire "back `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

fireback

fire back |ˈfīrˌbak ˈfaɪərbæk | ▶noun the back wall of a fireplace. • a metal plate covering such a wall.

Oxford Dictionary

fireback

fire |back |ˈfʌɪəbak | ▶noun 1 the back wall of a fireplace. • a metal plate covering the back wall of a fireplace. 2 (also fireback pheasant ) a SE Asian pheasant, the male of which has mainly grey or blue plumage with a reddish rump. ●Genus Lophura, family Phasianidae: three species.