peafowl
(ˈpiːfaʊl)
[f. pea2 + fowl.]
A bird of the genus Pavo; a peacock or peahen.
| 1804 Williamson Oriental Field Sp. 98 There could not be less than twelve or fifteen hundred pea-fowls,..within sight of the spot where I stood. 1888 B. M. Croker Diana Barrington ix, Twilight was falling, and the cries of the jungle-cock and pea-fowl were hushed. 1896 List Anim. in Zool. Gardens, London 493–4 Pavo cristatus..Common Peafowl: Hab. India... P. nigripennis..Black-winged Peafowl: Hab. Cochin China(?)... P. spicifer..Javan Peafowl: Hab. Burmah and Java. |