Pavo
See also: pavo
Translingual
![](../I/m/Peacock_in_display_by_N_A_Nazeer.jpg)
Peacock in display
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Phasianinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) - type species, Pavo muticus (green peafowl) - other species
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References
Peafowl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pavo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Pavo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English
Etymology
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin pāvō (“peacock”).
Proper noun
Pavo
- (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.
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