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Meanings of peacock in inglés

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A flying bird of the genus Pavo.

portugués
inachis io
catalán
paó

European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot.

inachis io
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Examples for "peafowl"
Examples for "peafowl"
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The peafowl and sarus cranes are indulging in the pleasures of courtship.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India
2
The peafowl in the tree were about to eat the last of them.
The Laughing Prince: Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales
3
This plain was covered with wild indigo, and abounded with peafowl.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
4
Indian peafowl also roam, as do spoonbills, pelicans and painted storks.
News.com.au
5
You must mean the nine sisters, the enchanted princesses, who fly about as peafowl.
The Laughing Prince: Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales

Nonstandard shogi piece.

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Usage of peacock in inglés
1
The second course arrived, roasted kid, smoked peacock, and sliced ox meat.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
2
This moral is perhaps less implicit in the lines on the peacock:-
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919
3
Pieces of old mahogany swelled forth; a peacock-patterned chintz draped the bedstead.
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
4
The extreme end of the rear extension held the long peacock feathers.
Watch Yourself Go By
5
The purpose of the trip is to bring back a Congo peacock.
The new yorker
6
Another peacock and two peahens met their deaths before she confronted Clough.
The new yorker
7
The door having been opened, the peacock came slowly in, prancing calmly.
England, My England
8
It just made his day when his pet peacock terrorized the opposition.
The Kingmaker
9
Cross-amplification was also successful for another species of peacock bass, C. kelberi.
Pubmed
10
He is the peacock and is all green and gold and blue.
Seven O'Clock Stories
11
The company owns traditional television network NBC, whose logo features a peacock.
Reuters
12
The occasion would involve a meal at which peacock would be served.
The Irish Times
13
The peacock's tail might look superb-buthave you ever seen peacocks fly?
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
14
I think a peacock might've felt nude in all this rainbow splendor.
Boy’s Life
15
Probably it conceals some defect; the man's as vain as a peacock.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
16
Turkey Proudfoot must have forgotten all about the peacock, when he spoke.
The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot / Slumber-Town Tales
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Translations for peacock
portugués
inachis io
catalán
paó
Peacock through the time
Peacock across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common