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peacockish
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
peacockish
noun(pea-cock)
one making a proud display of oneself : show-off

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