Pavo

See also: pavo

Translingual

Peacock in display

Etymology

From Latin pāvō (“peacock”).

Proper noun

Pavo m

A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – the peafowl (peacocks).

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

Derived terms

Afropavo

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.

Derived terms

Pavonis

Translations

constellation of the southern sky

Finnish: Riikinkukko (fi)
French: Paon (fr) m
Galician: Pavo (gl)
German: Pfau (de) m
Irish: an Phéacóg f
Italian: Pavone m

Japanese: 孔雀座 (ja) (くじゃくざ, Kujakuza)
Malay: Merak
Polish: Paw (pl) m
Portuguese: Pavão (pt) m
Russian: Павлин (Pavlin)
Spanish: Pavo (es)

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