Peacock
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.
In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.
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Peacock Quotations
At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
Baltasar Gracian
Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
Van Wyck Brooks
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
Sa'Di
To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.
Charles Godfrey Leland
Peacock Translations
peacock in Dutch is pauw
peacock in French is paon
peacock in German is Pfau
peacock in Italian is pavone
peacock in Spanish is pavo real
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