Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - peacock
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Peacock
peacock
biographical name Thomas Love 1785-1866 English novelist & poet PEACOCK I. noun Etymology: Middle English pecok, from pe- (from Old English pea peafowl, from Latin pavon-, pavo ~) + cok cock Date: 14th century 1. a male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright feathers and by greatly elongated loosely webbed upper tail coverts which are mostly tipped with iridescent spots and are erected and spread in a shimmering fan usually as a courtship display; broadly peafowl 2. one making a proud display of oneself ; show-off • ~ish adjective • ~y adjective II. intransitive verb Date: 1818 show off
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n. 1 a male peafowl, having brilliant plumage and a tail (with eyelike markings) that can be expanded erect in display like a fan. 2 this type of ostentatious display. Phrases and idioms peacock blue the lustrous greenish blue of a peacock's neck. peacock butterfly a butterfly, Inachis io, with eyelike markings on its wings. Etymology: ME pecock f. OE pea f. L pavo + COCK(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. павлин (Pavo cristatus) 2. зоол. самец павлина 3. (P.) астр. Павлин (созвездие) 4. сокр. от peacock-butterfly энт. дневной павлиний глаз (Vanessa io) Id: proud as a peacock —- гордый, как павлин; надутый, как индюк Id: to play the peacock —- важничать 5. важничать, чваниться, задаваться 6. важно расхаживать, гордо выступать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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blue переливчатый синий цвет PEACOCK 1. noun 1) павлин 2) attr. павлиний proud as a peacock - спесивый; важный как павлин 2. v. 1) важничать, чваниться; задаваться 2) важно расхаживать; позировать ...Англо-русский словарь
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(peacocks) A peacock is a large bird. The male has a very large tail covered with blue and green spots, which it can spread out like a fan. ...peacocks strutting slowly across the garden. ...peacock feathers. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a large male bird which has long tail feathers that it can spread out, showing their beautiful blue and green colours and patterns ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1200, from M.E. po "peacock" + coc (see cock (n.)). Po is from O.E. pawa "peafowl," from L. pavo, said to be ultimately from Tamil. Its flesh superstitiously believed to be incorruptible (even St. Augustine credits this). "When he sees his feet, he screams wildly, thinking that they are not in keeping with the rest of his body." [Epiphanus] ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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