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pea⋅fowl

[pee-foul]
–noun, plural -fowls, (especially collectively) -fowl.
any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa.
Compare peacock, peahen.


Origin:
1795–1805; pea (see peacock ) + fowl
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pea·fowl   (pē'foul')   
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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