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are now displayed on one page. Definition of PEACOCK : 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 Any of three species (family Phasianidae) of
resplendent birds of open lowland forests. Blue, or Indian (Pavo
cristatus), and green, or Javanese (P. muticus), peacock males
are 35–50 in. (90–130 cm) long and have a 60-in. (150-cm) train
of metallic green tail feathers tipped with an iridescent
eyespot ringed with blue and bronze. The train is erected,
fanned out, and vibrated during courtship. Females (peahens) are
duller and have no train. The male forms a harem of two to five
hens, which lay their eggs in a depression in the ground. The
blue and green male Congo peacock (Afr