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peacock
noun(pea-cock)
a male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright feathers and by greatly elongated loosely webbed upper tail coverts which are mostly tipped with iridescent spots and are erected and spread in a shimmering fan usually as a courtship display; broadly : peafowl
peacock
noun(pea-cock)
one making a proud display of oneself : show-off
peacock
verb(pea-cock)
show off
peacock
biographical name(pea-cock)
Thomas Love 1785—1866 English novelist and poet
peacock
noun(pea-cock)
a moderate greenish blue
peacock
noun(pea-cock)
royal poinciana
peacock
noun(pea-cock)
a showy Madagascan tree (Delonix regia synonym Poinciana regia) widely planted for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers —called also flamboyant, peacock flower

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