Pavo
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See also: pavo
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Pavo m
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Phasianinae - subfamily
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) - type species, Pavo muticus (green peafowl) - other species
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Peafowl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pavo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pavo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Doublet of pea.
Proper noun[edit]
Pavo
- (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.
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Translations[edit]
constellation of the southern sky