Definition of peafowl Peafowl

/piˈfawˌl/ - [peefawl] - pea•fowl

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What does peafowl mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: peafowls
peafowl - very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
		bird of Juno
		pheasant large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
		genus pavo, pavo peafowl
		pea-chick, peachick a young peafowl
		peacock male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
		peahen female peafowl
		blue peafowl, pavo cristatus peafowl of India and Ceylon

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Wiktionary

peafowl (Noun)
A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock. The cry is " meow" like cats, "kee-o" or "iyaan".

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

peafowl (n.)
The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

peafowl
A flying bird of the genus Pavo.

Wikipedia

A peafowl is a kind of bird of the "Phasianidae" family. It can mean the Asiatic peafowl ("Pavo") or the Congo Peafowl ("Afropavo").

Appearence.

The male peafowls (called peacocks) have long, colorful feathers. Female peafowls (called peahens) have shorter, brown feathers.

Habits.

Peacocks love the color white and are drawn to it.

Eating habits.

They like to eat any kind of green shoots (flowers, veggies, grass etc) as well as wheat, cracked corn or wild game feed.

They can handle freezing temperatures as long as they have a dry perch that is out of the wind and weather.

Dry dog and cat chows make excellent winter feed for peafowl, who are omnivores, eating insects, small snakes, lizards, grain, as well as many varieties of greens. They are particularly fond of petunias and similar pot plants, leaving nothing but a small green circle where the stem once emerged from the soil. The birds will learn to come to a specific place at specific times of day to be fed, and a regular light feeding during summer adapts them to coming to the feeding place in winter.

Origin.

The peafowl is native to southeast Asia including India., but they were brought to Europe long ago and have acclimated to colder areas to the extent that natural populations of them continue for generations in favorable areas. The very long, elegant and colorful plumage of the male birds, peacocks, is grown over the winter months so that they are ready for the early spring mating season, during which each male establis