peafowl

From pea (“peacock”) +‎ fowl. Compare Icelandic páfugl (“peafowl”), Swedish påfågel (“peafowl”), Danish påfugl (“peafowl”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːˌfaʊl/

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peafowl (plural peafowls or peafowl)

1. A bird of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).

• peacock (much more common (for both sexes))

• peacock (male or female peafowl)
• peahen (female peafowl)
• peachick (young or baby peafowl)

• muster
• pavonine