- peafowl
- noun Etymology: pea- (as in peacock) + fowl Date: 1804 either of two very large terrestrial pheasants (Pavo cristatus and P. muticus) of southeastern Asia and India that are often reared as ornamental fowls
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
peafowl — [pē′foul΄] n. pl. peafowls or peafowl any of various large gallinaceous birds (family Phasianidae) of S Asia, the East Indies, or Africa, as the peacock: now widely domesticated as an ornamental bird … English World dictionary
Peafowl — Pea fowl , n. [See {Peacock}.] (Zo[ o]l.) The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peafowl — ► NOUN ▪ a peacock or peahen … English terms dictionary
Peafowl — Taxobox name = Peafowl image width = 250px image caption = An Indian Blue Peacock (rear) courts a peahen (front) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Galliformes familia = Pavoninidae genus = Rheinardiasubdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
peafowl — /pee fowl /, n., pl. peafowls, (esp. collectively) peafowl. any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa. Cf. peacock, peahen. [1795 1805; pea (see… … Universalium
peafowl — povai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pavo angl. peafowl vok. Pfau, m rus. павлин, m pranc. paon, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – fazanai siauresnis terminas – paprastasis povas siauresnis terminas – žaliasis povas … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
Peafowl (software) — Peafowl is a light weight persistent queue server that speaks the memcached protocol. It is a Python port of the Starling project. See also * Starling (software) External links * [http://code.google.com/p/peafowl/ Peafowl project page on Google… … Wikipedia
peafowl — noun /ˈpiːˌfaʊl/ 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 . See Also: peacock, peahen, peachick … Wiktionary
peafowl — pea|fowl [ˈpi:faul] n a peacock or peahen … Dictionary of contemporary English
peafowl — n. female peacock … English contemporary dictionary