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Noun: peafowl  'pee,fawl
  1. Very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
    "The peafowl strutted across the garden, its train of feathers fanned out";
    - bird of Juno

Derived forms: peafowls

Type of: pheasant

Part of: genus Pavo, Pavo

Encyclopedia: Peafowl