ALL meanings of peafowl
pea·fowl
P p - noun plural peafowl any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa. 1
- noun peafowl either of two large pheasants, Pavo cristatus (blue peafowl) of India and Sri Lanka and P. muticus (green peafowl) of SE Asia. The males (peacocks) have a characteristic bright plumage 0
- noun peafowl a rare closely related African species, Afropavo congensis (Congo peafowl), both sexes of which are brightly coloured 0
- noun peafowl any of various large gallinaceous birds (family Phasianidae) of S Asia, the East Indies, or Africa, as the peacock: now widely domesticated as an ornamental bird 0