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pea·cock
 peacock
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- pronunciation:
- pi
kak
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A peacock is a bird with a long tail of many colors. Actually, a "peacock" is the male bird of a kind of bird called a "peafowl." We often use the word "peacock," though, when we talk about either a male peafowl or a female peafowl.
We saw a peacock in the zoo. It was so beautiful when it spread its feathers.
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peacockish (adj.) |
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