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peafowl
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun peafowl has 1 sense
- peafowl(n = noun.animal) bird of juno - very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird; Array is a kind of pheasant
is a member of genus pavo, pavo
has particulars: pea-chick, peachick, peacock, peahen, blue peafowl, pavo cristatus, green peafowl, pavo muticus
CIDE DICTIONARY
peafowl, n. [See Peacock.].
The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo. [1913 Webster]
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