peafowl
any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa.
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How to use peafowl in a sentence
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) usually lay their large white eggs on the ground in long grass or thick undergrowth.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarBut there were many different kinds—not alone of hens and roosters; for there were peafowl, and guineas, and ducks, and turkeys.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's | Laura Lee HopeThe peafowl is smaller, slenderer, and more graceful than the turkey, and is a little more agile in motion.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. RobinsonThe methods of managing turkeys apply at nearly every point to the management of peafowl.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. RobinsonThe scarcity of peafowl is not due wholly to the expense of procuring them or to the difficulty of rearing them.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. Robinson
British Dictionary definitions for peafowl
/ (ˈpiːˌfaʊl) /
either of two large pheasants, Pavo cristatus (blue peafowl) of India and Ceylon and P. muticus (green peafowl) of SE Asia. The males (peacocks) have a characteristic bright plumage: See peacock (def. 1)
a rare closely related African species, Afropavo congensis (Congo peafowl), both sexes of which are brightly coloured
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