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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Pavonoun

    a small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara

  2. Pavo, genus Pavonoun

    peafowl

Wiktionary

  1. Pavonoun

    A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.

  2. Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From pavo.

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  1. pavo

    Pavo is a constellation in the southern sky whose name is Latin for "peacock". It was first defined by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius in the late 16th century. Alternatively, "pavo" is also the Spanish word for "turkey."

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pavonoun

    a genus of birds, including the peacocks

  2. Pavonoun

    the Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere

  3. Etymology: [L., a peacock. See Peacock.]

Wikidata

  1. Pavo

    Pavo is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for peacock. It is one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in 1597 in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius. The first depiction of this constellation in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pavo in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pavo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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