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Pavo
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pavo
Translingual
thumb|Peacock in display
Etymology
From mul la pāvō peacock.
Proper noun
1 m
genus family Phasianidae peafowl (peacocks, peahens)
Hypernyms
genus ; Phasianinae subfamily - subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Pavo cristatus species (Indian peafowl) - type species, Pavo muticus species (green peafowl) - other species
Derived terms
Afropavo genus
References
Pavo (bird)
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mul Birds
English
+ (constellation)
Etymology
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From en la pāvō peacock. en pea.
Proper noun
en constellation A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.
Related terms
en Pavonis
Translations
constellation of the southern sky
Esperanto: eo Pavo
Finnish: fi Riikinkukko
French: fr Paon m
Galician: gl Pavo
German: de Pfau m
Irish: ga Péacóg f an Phéacóg
Italian: it Pavone m
Japanese: ja 孔雀座 Kujakuza, ja くじゃく座 Kujakuza
Malay: ms Merak
Polish: pl Paw m
Portuguese: pt Pavão m
Russian: ru Павлин
Spanish: es Pavo
Esperanto
Etymology
eo :der la:pāvō<lit:peacock> + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
eo astronomy en Pavo constellation
eo Constellations