peacock
noun /ˈpiːkɒk/
/ˈpiːkɑːk/
- a large male bird with long blue and green tail feathers that it can spread out like a fan
- as proud as a peacock
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPeacock is used before these nouns:- feather
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old English pēa (from Latin pavo) ‘peacock’ + cock.