European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
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male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
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Peacock \Pea"cock`\ (p[=e]"k[o^]k`), n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. pe['a], p[=a]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. taw`s, taw^s, Per. t[=a]us, t[=a]wus, Ar. t[=a]w[=u]s. See {Cock} the bird.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({Pavo muticus}) is more brilliantly colored than the common species.
2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.
{Peacock butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome European butterfly ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock.
{Peacock fish} (Zo["o]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}.
{Peacock pheasant} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}. They resemble the peacock in color.
The peacock still struts as the No. 1 network with an average rating of 12.5 for NBC.
They wore red headbands emblazoned with a fighting peacock, which they said was the symbol of pro-democracy student groups in Burma.
Rangoon marchers carry portraits of Aung San, the dashing fighter for Burmese independence who was assassinated in 1947, and wave the peacock flag of days when Burma struggled against its British colonial masters.
But they would have been fricasseed in an hour inside the factory-made canvas tepee that marks the village, and they didn't wear phony stainless-steel greaves and threefoot peacock plumes on their heads, as the Indian dancers here are doing.
The fighting peacock was the symbol of Burma's battle for independence from British colonial rule.
Some waved the peacock flag used in the struggle that led to independence from Britain in 1948.
At his office in a Paris townhouse, seated before a 17th-century tapestry of a peacock, he says during an interview that he takes such cases for "the professional challenge."
Is the peacock about to enter the lion's den?
Isuzu Motors Ltd.'s American Isuzu Motors, Hyundai Motor Co.'s Hyundai Motor America and GM's Chevrolet and Cadillac divisions all have ads with the Olympic rings and NBC peacock symbol that are similar in appearance to the logo used by Buick.
The spokeswoman said that, while Bush likely didn't hear any of the speech, "I'm sure we'll tell him about it." "He wanted to stare at a fish eye, not the CBS eye or the NBC peacock," Ms. Tate said.
The dinner, billed as semi-formal to formal, grows more effervescent as it progresses from peacock pie (crepe of goose with juniperberry sauce) to boar's head (roast sirloin of beef) to plum pudding with hard sauce.
The color palette includes lots of white and ivory, regulation spring navy and brighter peacock blues.