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 Definitions of peacock  [ˈpiˌkɒk]  

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Definition of 'peacock' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) peacock
the male of the peafowl, distinguished by its long, erectile, iridescent tail feathers that are marked with eyelike spots and can be spread in a fan.

2.  peacock
any peafowl.

3.  peacock
a vain, self-conscious person.

4. (v.i.) peacock
to display oneself vainly; strut like a peacock.

5. (n.) Peacock
Thomas Love, 1785–1866, English poet and novelist.


Definition of 'peacock' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) peacock, peacock butterfly, Inachis io
European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

2. (noun) peacock
male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots


Definition of 'peacock' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) peacock
a large male bird with brightly colored feathers that open in a wide fan
a hat with peacock feathers


Definition of 'peacock' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) peacock
the male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies

2. (noun) peacock
in common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl


Translation of 'peacock' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a kind of large bird, the male of which is noted for its magnificent tail-feathers.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pou Arabic flag Arabic: طاؤوس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: паун
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pavão Czech flag Czech: páv, -ice German flag German: der Pfau
Danish flag Danish: påfugl Greek flag Greek: παγόνι Spanish flag Spanish: pavo real
Estonian flag Estonian: paabulind Farsi flag Farsi: طاووس Finnish flag Finnish: riikinkukko
French flag French: paon, paonne Hebrew flag Hebrew: טַווָס Hindi flag Hindi: मोर
Croatian flag Croatian: paun Hungarian flag Hungarian: páva(kakas) Indonesian flag Indonesian: merak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: páfugl Italian flag Italian: pavone Japanese flag Japanese: くじゃく
Korean flag Korean: 공작 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: povas Latvian flag Latvian: pāvs
Malay flag Malay: burung merak jantan Dutch flag Dutch: pauw Norwegian flag Norwegian: påfugl
Polish flag Polish: paw Persian flag Persian: طاووس Pashto flag Pashto: تاوس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pavão Romanian flag Romanian: păun Russian flag Russian: павлин
Slovak flag Slovak: páv, -ica Slovenian flag Slovenian: pav Serbian flag Serbian: paun
Swedish flag Swedish: påfågel Thai flag Thai: นกยูง Turkish flag Turkish: tavus kuşu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 孔雀 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: павич Urdu flag Urdu: مور، طاؤس
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con công trống Chinese flag Chinese: 孔雀

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