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.
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n. very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
Word Usage
"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."