PEACOCK
\pˈiːkɒk], \pˈiːkɒk], \p_ˈiː_k_ɒ_k]\
Definitions of PEACOCK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
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male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
By Princeton University
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European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
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male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Peahen.
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A large, crested bird, of which the male is noted for its elongated tail coverts, marked with beautiful eye like spots.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A large gallinaceous bird remarkable for the beauty of its plumage, named from its cry:-fem. PEAHEN.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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