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pea·fowl 
[pee-foul] Pronunciation Key
[pee-foul] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -fowls, (especially collectively) -fowl.
) -fowl. | any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa. |
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| pea·fowl
(pē'foul') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. peafowl or pea·fowls Either of two large pheasants, Pavo cristatus of India and Sri Lanka or P. muticus of southeast Asia. [pea(cock) + fowl.] |
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| peafowl | |
noun | |
| very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird |
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Peafowl
Pea"fowl`\, n. [See Peacock.] (Zo["o]l.) The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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