peacock /pēˈkok/

1. A genus (Pavo) of large birds of the pheasant kind, consisting of the common peacock (Pavo cristatus) and the Javan (Pavo muticus), noted for their showy plumage, esp, in the former, the deep iridescent greenish blue in the neck and tail-coverts
2. The male of either species
3. A vain person
4. Peacock-blue (also adjective)
5. A peacock butterfly

1. To make like a peacock
2. To pick the best parts out of (Aust)

1. To strut about or behave like a peacock
2. To acquire the choicest pieces of land (ie near water) (Aust)

peacockˈery noun

Vain ostentation

peaˈcockish adjective

peaˈcock-like adjective

peaˈcocky adjective

peaˈcock-blueˈ noun

The deep greenish-blue of the peacock's neck (also adjective)

peacock butterfly noun

A butterfly (Inachis io) with wingspots like those of the peacock's train

peacock copper noun

Copper pyrites, from the colours of its tarnish

peaˈcock-fish noun

A variegated Mediterranean wrasse

peaˈcock-flower noun

A name for various species of Poinciana (flamboyant-tree, Barbados pride)

peacock ore noun

1. Bornite
2. Copper pyrites

peaˈcock-pheasˈant noun

An Asiatic genus (Polyplectron) related to the peacocks and Argus pheasants

peaˈcock-stone noun

A jeweller's name for the cartilaginous ligament of some molluscs

Peacock Throne noun

The throne of the kings of Delhi, carried off to Persia in 1739

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