Pronunciation Noun
peacock (plural peacocks)
- A male peafowl, especially Pavo cristatus, notable for its brilliant iridescently ocellated tail.
- A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female.
- A vainglorious person datedef from the 14th c..
- (entomology) Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.
- peafowl (ornithology)
- French: paon, paonne
- German: (♂♀) Pfau, (♂) Pfauhahn
- Italian: pavone
- Portuguese: pavão real, pavão
- Russian: павли́н
- Spanish: pavo real, pavorreal
peacock (peacocks, present participle peacocking; past and past participle peacocked)
- (intransitive) To strut about proudly.
- (intransitive) To engage in peacocking, ostentatious dress or behaviour to impress women.
Peacock
Proper noun
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.010
