[pee-kok] 
noun, plural -cocks, (especially collectively
) -cock. verb | 1. | the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan. |
| 2. | any peafowl. |
| 3. | a vain, self-conscious person. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Pavo. |
| 5. | to make a vainglorious display; strut like a peacock. |
[pee-kok] | Thomas Love, 1785–1866, English poet and novelist. |
| pea·cock (pē'kŏk') n.
To strut about like a peacock; exhibit oneself vainly. [Middle English pocock, pecok : po, peacock (from Old English pawa, pēa, peafowl, from Latin pāvō, peacock) + Middle English cok; see cock1.] pea'cock'ish, pea'cock'y adj. |
| Pea·cock (pē'kŏk') British writer noted for his satirical novels, including Nightmare Abbey (1818). |
Peacock
(Heb. tuk, apparently borrowed from the Tamil tokei). This bird is indigenous to India. It was brought to Solomon by his ships from Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21), which in this case was probably a district on the Malabar coast of India, or in Ceylon. The word so rendered in Job 39:13 literally means wild, tumultuous crying, and properly denotes the female ostrich (q.v.).