| afropavo | (n) both sexes are brightly colored, Syn. Afropavo congensis, Congo peafowl |
| genus afropavo | (n) Congo peafowl |
| genus pavonia | (n) genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and subtropics especially South America |
| pavo | (n) a small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara |
| pavo | (n) peafowl, Syn. genus Pavo |
| pavonia | (n) any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers |
| blue peafowl | (n) peafowl of India and Ceylon, Syn. Pavo cristatus |
| candelilla | (n) wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica, Syn. Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis |
| coralwood | (n) East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental, Syn. Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, coral-wood, Adenanthera pavonina, red sandalwood |
| emperor | (n) large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings, Syn. Saturnia pavonia, emperor moth |
| green peafowl | (n) peafowl of southeast Asia, Syn. Pavo muticus |
| sleep terror disorder | (n) a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep, Syn. pavor nocturnus |
| turkey | (n) large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food, Syn. Meleagris gallopavo |
| afropavo | n. 1. 1 an African fowl genus; both sexes are brightly colored.
Syn. -- Congo peafowl, Afropavo congensis [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Pavo | ‖prop. n. [ L., a peacock. See Peacock. ] 1. (Zool.) A genus of birds, including the peacocks. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Astron.) The Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pavon | n. A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pavone | n. [ Cf. It. pavone, Sp. pavon, fr. L. pavo. ] (Zool.) A peacock. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pavonian | a. Of or pertaining to a peacock. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pavonine | a. [ L. pavoninus, fr. pavo a peacock. See Peacock. ] 1. (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent. P. Cleaveland. [ 1913 Webster ] |
