Peacock

Pea·cock  (pkk), Thomas Love 1785-1866.

British writer noted for his satirical novels, including Nightmare Abbey (1818).

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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.

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[Middle English pocock, pecok : po, peacock (from Old English pawa, pa, peafowl, from Latin pv, peacock) + Middle English cok; see cock¹.]

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peacockish, peacocky adj.

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peacock [ˈpiːˌkɒk]

n pl -cocks, -cock

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a male peafowl, having a crested head and a very large fanlike tail marked with blue and green eyelike spots Related adj pavonine

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for peafowl

3. a vain strutting person

vb

1. to display (oneself) proudly

2. Obsolete slang Austral to acquire (the best pieces of land) in such a way that the surrounding land is useless to others

[C14 pecok, pe- from Old English pāwa (from Latin pāvō peacock) + cock¹]

peacockish  adj

peahen  fem n

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Peacock [ˈpiːˌkɒk]

n

(Biographies / Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866) M, English, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: poet) Thomas Love. 1785-1866, English novelist and poet, noted for his satirical romances, including Headlong Hall (1816) and Nightmare Abbey (1818)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	peacock - European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot Inachis io, peacock butterfly brush-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

peacock [ˈpiːkɒk]

A. N (peacocks or peacock (pl)) → pavo m real

B. CPD peacock blue N → azul m (de)pavo real

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peacock [ˈpiːkɒk] n → paon m peacock feather
peacock blue n → bleu m canard inv
peacock-blue [ˌpiːkɒkˈbluː] adj → bleu canard inv
peacock feather n → plume f de paon
pea green n → vert m pomme inv
pea-green [ˌpiːˈgriːn] adj → vert pomme inv
pea jacket n → caban m

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peacock [ˈpiːˌkɒk] n → pavone m

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peacock [ˈpiːˌkɒk] n → pavone m

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peacock

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 공작 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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Peacock → طاووس páv påfugl Pfau παγώνι pavo real riikinkukko paon paun pavone クジャク 공작새 pauw påfugl paw pavão павлин påfågel นกยูง tavus kuşu con công 孔雀