'Peacock' definitions:
Definition of 'peacock'
From: WordNet
noun
European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot [syn: peacock, peacock butterfly, Inachis io]
noun
Male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
Definition of 'Peacock'
From: GCIDE
- Peacock \Pea"cock`\ (p[=e]"k[o^]k`), n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. pe['a], p[=a]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. taw`s, taw^s, Per. t[=a]us, t[=a]wus, Ar. t[=a]w[=u]s. See Cock the bird.]
- 1. (Zool.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo cristatus}. The Javan peacock (Pavo muticus) is more brilliantly colored than the common species. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. [1913 Webster]
- Peacock butterfly (Zool.), a handsome European butterfly (Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.
- Peacock fish (Zool.), the European blue-striped wrasse (Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.
- Peacock pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron. They resemble the peacock in color. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peacock'
From: Easton
- Peacock (Heb. tuk, apparently borrowed from the Tamil tokei). This bird is indigenous to India. It was brought to Solomon by his ships from Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21), which in this case was probably a district on the Malabar coast of India, or in Ceylon. The word so rendered in Job 39:13 literally means wild, tumultuous crying, and properly denotes the female ostrich (q.v.).
Synonyms of 'peacock'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antigorite,
- attitudinize,
- avifauna,
- baby bird,
- billy,
- billy goat,
- bird,
- bird of Jove,
- bird of Juno,
- bird of Minerva,
- bird of night,
- bird of passage,
- bird of prey,
- birdie,
- birdlife,
- birdy,
- boar,
- bubbly-jock,
- buck,
- bull,
- bullock,
- butterfly,
- cage bird,
- candy cane,
- chameleon,
- chanticleer,
- cheetah,
- chick,
- chrysotile,
- cock,
- cockerel,
- confetti,
- crazy quilt,
- cygnet,
- Dalmatian,
- diving bird,
- dog,
- dove,
- drake,
- eagle,
- eaglet,
- entire,
- entire horse,
- firedog,
- fish-eating bird,
- fledgling,
- flightless bird,
- fowl,
- fruit-eating bird,
- fulmar,
- game bird,
- gander,
- gobbler,
- harlequin,
- hart,
- he-goat,
- insect-eating bird,
- iris,
- jaguar,
- leopard,
- mackerel,
- mackerel sky,
- marble,
- marbled paper,
- migrant,
- migratory bird,
- miles gloriosus,
- moire,
- mother-of-pearl,
- nacre,
- nestling,
- ocelot,
- opal,
- ophite,
- oscine bird,
- owl,
- passerine bird,
- patchwork quilt,
- peafowl,
- peahen,
- perching bird,
- pigeon,
- pontificate,
- pose,
- pose for effect,
- posture,
- prance,
- rainbow,
- ram,
- ratite,
- rooster,
- sea bird,
- seed-eating bird,
- serpentine,
- serpentine marble,
- shore bird,
- shot silk,
- songbird,
- spectrum,
- squab,
- stag,
- stalk,
- stallion,
- steer,
- storm petrel,
- stormy petrel,
- stot,
- strike a pose,
- strike an attitude,
- strut,
- strutter,
- stud,
- studhorse,
- swagger,
- swaggerer,
- swan,
- swank,
- swanker,
- swash,
- swashbuckle,
- swashbuckler,
- swasher,
- swell,
- tom,
- tom turkey,
- tomcat,
- top cow,
- top horse,
- tortoise shell,
- tup,
- turkey gobbler,
- turkey-cock,
- wading bird,
- warbler,
- water bird,
- waterfowl,
- wether,
- wildfowl,
- zebra