peacock
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- noun
- /ˈpiːkɒk/
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pavo real
- The male peacock fanned its colorful tail to impress the female.
- peacock feathers
- peacock's tail
And with that she resembles a lovely pink pink Peacock or mauve one.
- And with that she resembles a lovely pink pink Peacock or mauve one.
- However, in the field of sexual selection, Wallace wanted things like Peacock's tales to be useful.
- He finds a town which specialises in the smuggling of Peacocks to Chicago in the back of trucks.
- And he's like, yes, I guess people here in Meteor in Greece, you know, pet Peacocks, which is insane.
- In the human context, fancy cars take on the morphological feature of the peacock's tail.
- So like the the Peacock feathers are just showing that you can put up with the feathers.
- So, for example, when the Peacock raises it stale, it's a form of sexual signaling, right?
- Apicius mentions muscle, squid, pig brains and Peacock, so it's up to you.
Examples
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"When Deva looked, she saw only a pair of peacocks parading their blue and green feathers."
Fiction book (1997) -
The classic example, of which there are many, is the peacock's tail.
Academic text (2013) -
That looks like a peacock.
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The peacock danced in the jungle.
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There were over a hundred crystal glasses and a peacock carved of ice.
Fiction book (1990) -
Any peacocks in the garden yet?
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The next morning, George Paxton woke just after dawn when a peacock screamed under his window.
Fiction book (1998) -
Instead, he seduces the entire community through his sensual dancing and peacock strutting.
Academic text (2012) -
Sometimes at breakfast, while the grownups sat with coffee, the peacocks would come up to the orchard fence.
Fiction book (1992) -
All the place needed was a couple of peacocks wandering around flashing their tails at the peasants.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A large colorful bird whose male has a long showy tail
A large bird from India with long bright blue and green tail feathers
A large bird with bright blue feathers and a long fan tail from India and Sri Lanka
Idioms
- Informal
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Being very pleased with yourself and showing it in a loud, showy way
Compounds
- Australian
A tropical tree or shrub that has large red and orange flower clusters
- Specialized
A rock with copper and iron that has bright blue and purple colors like peacock feathers
How Colorful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Peacock comes from an old name for the bird combined with cock, which means 'male bird'. So a peacock is the male peafowl famous for its large, fan-shaped tail with eye-like spots.