a pheasant, a squirrel ( M`D.), Irish easóg, pheasant ( Fol.), weasel, squirrel. For the "squirrel-weasel" force, See neas, nios. As "pheasant", it may be founded on the Middle English fesaunt, Old Greek faisan.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language.
Alexander Gairm Publications.
1982.