Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of three large pheasants, Pavo cristatus of India and Sri Lanka, P. muticus of South and Southeast Asia, or Afropavo congensis of central Africa.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A peacock or peahen; a bird of the genus Pavo, of which there are two if not three species.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rare A
pheasant of the genusPavo orAfropavo , notable for the extravagant tails of the males; apeacock . The cry is "meow " (likecats ), "kee-o" or "iyaan".
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The peafowl appears to be curious by nature and they are allowed to roam free in most of the city's zoos.
Proud Escapee Turns Heads Sumathi Reddy 2011
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Home is an aviary, which is not sealed, where the 2-year-old that stands about 30 inches tall and measures about 48 to 56 inches from beak to tail lives with two peahens the female version of peafowl.
Proud Escapee Turns Heads Sumathi Reddy 2011
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In 2009, the peafowl gun death rate doubled to two.
Peacocks Are an Acquired Taste Some in California Don't Share 2010
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He says he naively suggested a meeting to address the peafowl issue last year.
Peacocks Are an Acquired Taste Some in California Don't Share 2010
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"Whenever I hear a peafowl it's just one more reminder I'm not in Century City," in West Los Angeles, said Mr. Retz, who moved to the neighborhood 10 years ago.
Peacocks Are an Acquired Taste Some in California Don't Share 2010
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By one estimate, the peninsula's peafowl population has grown to about 1,000.
Peacocks Are an Acquired Taste Some in California Don't Share 2010
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Some peafowl defenders accuse peafowl haters of shooting the birds with BB guns and deliberately running over them.
Peacocks Are an Acquired Taste Some in California Don't Share 2010
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Pro - and anti-peafowl forces there are locked in a feud over whether the neighborhood, like the rest of the city, should allow some trapping.
Peacocks Are an Acquired Taste Some in California Don't Share 2010
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A sign attached to the front gate of one home reads: "$1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals shooting or otherwise harming a peafowl."
Peacocks Are an Acquired Taste Some in California Don't Share 2010
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But as more young professionals escape Los Angeles for the bucolic peninsula, there are fresh demands to thin the peafowl population.
Peacocks Are an Acquired Taste Some in California Don't Share 2010
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