Pea·cock (p  k k ), Thomas Love 1785-1866. British writer noted for his satirical novels, including Nightmare Abbey (1818). |
| pea·cock (pkk) n. 1. a. A male peafowl, distinguished by its crested head, brilliant blue or green plumage, and long modified back feathers that are marked with iridescent eyelike spots and that can be spread in a fanlike form. b. A peafowl, either male or female. 2. A vain person; a dandy. intr.v. pea·cocked, pea·cock·ing, pea·cocks To strut about like a peacock; exhibit oneself vainly. [Middle English pocock, pecok : po, peacock (from Old English pawa, p a, peafowl, from Latin p v , peacock) + Middle English cok; see cock1.]pea cockish, peacocky adj. |
peacock
Noun
pl -cocks or -cock
1. a large male bird of the pheasant family with a crested head and a very large fanlike tail with blue and green eyelike spots
2. a vain strutting person [Latin pavo peacock + cock]
peahen fem n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  peacock - European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespotbrush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast genus Inachis, Inachis - a genus of Nymphalidae |
| 2. | peacock - male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots bird of Juno, peafowl - very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird |
Translations
n peacock [ˈpiːkok]
a kind of large bird, the male of which is noted for its magnificent tail-feathers. pou طاؤوس паун páv, -ice påfugl der Pfau παγόνι pavo real paabulind طاووس riikinkukko paon, paonne טַווָס मोर paun páva(kakas) merak páfugl pavone くじゃく 공작의 수컷 povas pāvs burung merak jantan pauw påfugl paw pavão păun павлин páv, -ica pav paun påfågel นกยูง tavus kuşu 孔雀 павич مور، طاؤس con công trống 孔雀
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