Peacock

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A male peafowl, especially Pavo cristatus, notable for its brilliant iridescently ocellated tail.

   “The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.”

2. isim A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female.
3. isim The meat of this bird.

   “When a reader recently inquired if people really eat peacock, I stated that I’d never tasted the bird, roasted or otherwise, and as far as I knew, it is rarely cooked anywhere in the world.”

4. isim A pompous or vainglorious person [from the 14th c.].
5. isim Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.
6. fiil To strut about proudly or haughtily.
7. fiil To engage in peacocking, ostentatious dress or behaviour to impress women.
8. özel isim A surname transferred from the nickname.
9. özel isim A township in Lake County, Michigan, United States.
10. özel isim An unincorporated community in Stonewall County, Texas, United States.