Peafowl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Either of two large pheasants, Pavo cristatus of India and Sri Lanka or P. muticus of southeast Asia.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock. The cry is "meow" (like cats), "kee-o" or "iyaan".
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A peacock or peahen; a bird of the genus Pavo, of which there are two if not three species.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
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    muster    pavonine   
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