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Meaning of "peafowl" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PEAFOWL

peafowl  [ˈpiːˌfaʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEAFOWL

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Peafowl is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PEAFOWL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

peafowl

Peafowl

Peafowl are two Asiatic and one African species of flying bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail covert feathers, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks. The adult female peafowl is grey and/or brown. Peachicks can be between yellow and a tawny colour with darker brown patches or light tan and ivory, also referred to as "dirty white". The term also includes the Congo peafowl, which is placed in a separate genus Afropavo. In common with other members of the Galliformes, males possess metatarsal spurs or "thorns" used primarily during intraspecific fights. White peacocks are not albinos; they have a genetic mutation that is known as leucism, which causes the lack of pigments in the plumage. Albino mammals and birds have a complete lack of color and red or pink eyes while White peafowl have blue eyes. The white color appears in other domestically bred peafowl but in different quantities. Chicks are born yellow and become white as they mature.

Definition of peafowl in the English dictionary

The definition of peafowl in the dictionary is a rare closely related African species, Afropavo congensis, both sexes of which are brightly coloured.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEAFOWL


afoul
əˈfaʊl
batfowl
ˈbætˌfaʊl
befoul
bɪˈfaʊl
defoul
dɪˈfaʊl
foul
faʊl
fowl
faʊl
garefowl
ˈɡɛəˌfaʊl
heathfowl
ˈhiːθˌfaʊl
moorfowl
ˈmʊəˌfaʊl
overfoul
ˌəʊvəˈfaʊl
seafowl
ˈsiːˌfaʊl
waterfowl
ˈwɔːtəˌfaʊl
wildfowl
ˈwaɪldˌfaʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEAFOWL

peacock
peacock blue
peacock butterfly
peacock feather
peacock ore
peacock-blue
peacock´s tail
peacockery
peacockish
peacocky
peag
peage
peahen
peak
peak demand
Peak District
peak experience
peak hours
peak listening time
peak load

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEAFOWL

barnyard fowl
bowl
cowl
domestic fowl
game fowl
growl
guinea fowl
horned owl
howl
jungle fowl
mallee fowl
mixing bowl
neither fish, flesh, nor fowl
night owl
prairie fowl
prowl
screech owl
scrub fowl
sugar bowl
Super Bowl

Synonyms and antonyms of peafowl in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «peafowl» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEAFOWL

Find out the translation of peafowl to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peafowl from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peafowl» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

孔雀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peafowl
570 millions of speakers

English

peafowl
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطاووس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

павлин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peafowl
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ময়ূর বা ময়ূরী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peafowl
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pfau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クジャク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공작
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peafowl
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con công trống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மயில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मयूर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tavuskuşu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pavone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

павич
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peafowl
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

peafowl
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pauw
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

påfågel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

påfugl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peafowl

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEAFOWL»

The term «peafowl» is regularly used and occupies the 92.121 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEAFOWL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peafowl

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEAFOWL»

Discover the use of peafowl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peafowl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Discovering Your Innate Self-esteem : Weaverbirds, Peafowl ...
parents regain control of their Peafowl children. It will be the Weaverbird parents who will have to learn consistent and enforced rules of behaviour to go with rewards and approval. Peafowl children, with Peafowl parents, actually find a more ...
John Kuti, 2001
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Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World
Together, they make up the group of birds known as peafowl. Ornithologists recognize only three species: the Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis), the Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) so familiar in captivity, and the green peafowl, now rare ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2001
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The Turkey: An American Story
Linguistic. Confusion. The first Spanish name for turkey was pavo (peafowl) or pavón de las Indias (peafowl of the Indies). The turkey's association with the peafowl was important, for peafowl was by far the most prestigious food bird in Europe.
Andrew F. Smith, 2009
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Conserving Asia's Wildlife Treasure: The Pheasants
It appears that substantial portions of blue peafowl distribution range and populations are outside the PA network or Forest land areas. According to a recent questionnaire survey by WII, the blue peafowl presence is confirmed in 345 districts ...
Compiled by Anita Chauhan, 2014
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Unifying Themes in Complex Systems
Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) was observed for its spatio-temporal behavior as well as its interaction with other species. The significant field observations used in the simulation models (artificial environments in LEM): 1. Food for Peafowl: The ...
Yaneer Bar-Yam, International Conference on Complex Systems, Ali Minai, SpringerLink (Online service, 1999
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Peacocks
Chapter 2 Peafowl live in places like India where it is hot. Can they live in cold places too? Indian Peafowl Peafowl have been living in India for over 50,000 years. India can be very hot. But peafowl don't mind the heat. They can live through ...
Ruth Berman, 1996
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Peafowl: An Overview of These Beautiful Birds
Read more about the types of peacocks and their habitats in this book!Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books.
Christopher Wortzenspeigel, 2011
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Wildlife and Plants
During the breeding season, the male peafowl struts around his display ground with his train fanned out, showing off the brilliant pattern of green, blue, and bronze "eyes." The train contains about 200 feathers and measures around S ft. ( I.S m) ...
Marian Armstrong, 2006
9
Chickens and Peafowl: What They Have in Common
Describes the order of birds that includes chickens, peacocks, junglefowl, pheasants, grouse, and partridges.
Mark J. Rauzon, 2001
10
How to Raise Poultry: Everything You Need to Know, Updated & ...
Whichever breed you choose, this book is for you. How to Raise Poultry clearly explains what you need to know to raise a healthy flock and how to go about getting what you want from your birds, be it eggs, meat, feathers, or simply beauty.
Christine Heinrichs, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEAFOWL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peafowl is used in the context of the following news items.
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Key Peninsula woman loves her chickens
Key Peninsula woman loves her chickens. The rowland's farm has a pony, goats, two great pyrenees, dozens of chickens and peafowl. Gallery; Comments. «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
2
It's time: peacocks must go
Ideally, Longbeach Village residents would pay for the peafowl deportation. But it's probably safe to say most Longboat residents would support ... «YourObserver.com, Jul 15»
3
Celebrity peahen has nine chicks
In June, she reached peafowl celebrity. She flew the coop after an eagle killed her mate (feathers everywhere). Peachicks. Caption Peachicks. «CapitalGazette.com, Jul 15»
4
Roaming peacocks evade capture by Northampton, Environmental …
A Northampton police officer failed to catch the peafowl and an Environmental Police officer who responded said he also did not have the ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»
5
The Paignton Zoo staff who are not all zoo keepers
You have to watch the track and look out for stones, small children, animals – peafowl and geese are the main hazards!" In the winter she ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
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Camden Peacock (that's not a peacock) finally captured and back at …
The green peafowl, incorrectly referred to as a peacock on social media and by news outlets, disappeared from the zoo's Snowdon Aviary ... «This is Local London, Jul 15»
7
Town aims to reduce peafowl to 12 birds
The Town Commission will review peacock removal bids in the fall that focus on removing all of the female birds to stop the peacocks from ... «YourObserver.com, Jul 15»
8
Fugitive Camden peacock finally caught in pre-school rescue …
A spokesman for London Zoo said: “The peafowl is a very capable flyer and we have been trying very hard for some time to rescue the bird, but ... «London24, Jul 15»
9
Town says 12 peacocks to remain in Village
Commissioners voted to move forward at the July 6 regular meeting to cull the Village peafowl to 12 males. According to Public Works Director ... «Longboat Key News, Jul 15»
10
Realizing a childhood dream at the zoo
I was greeted by a group of brightly-coloured peafowl, who were more enamoured by their reflections than my arrival. Then I was whisked away ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Peafowl [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/peafowl>. Apr 2024 ».
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