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• Peacock (chanson) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Peacock. Peacock Chanson par Katy Perry extrait de l’album Teenage Dream Enregistrement Rock The Mic Studios New York …   Wikipédia en Français

• peacock — [[t]pi͟ːkɒk[/t]] peacocks 1) N COUNT A peacock is a large bird. The male has a very large tail covered with blue and green spots, which it can spread out like a fan. ...peacocks strutting slowly across the garden. ...peacock feathers. 2) N COUNT… …   English dictionary

• peacock blue — a lustrous greenish blue, as of certain peacock feathers. [1880 85] * * * …   Universalium

• peacock blue — /pikɒk ˈblu/ (say peekok blooh) noun a lustrous greenish blue colour, as found in certain peacock feathers …  

• peacock — ► NOUN ▪ a large crested pheasant of which the male has very long tail feathers with eye like markings that can be fanned out in display. ORIGIN Old English, from Latin pavo peacock + COCK(Cf. ↑cock) …   English terms dictionary

• peacock — peacockery, peacockism, n. peacockish, peacocky, adj. peacockishly, adv. peacockishness, n. /pee kok /, n., pl. peacocks, (esp. collectively) peacock. v. n. 1. the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail …   Universalium

• Peacock — /pee kok /, n. Thomas Love, 1785 1866, English poet and novelist. * * * 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… …   Universalium

• Peacock bass — Taxobox name = Butterfly peacock bass regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Cichlidae genus = Cichla species = C. ocellaris binomial = Cichla ocellaris Peacock bass is the common name in English …   Wikipedia

• peacock — UK [ˈpiːˌkɒk] / US [ˈpɪˌkɑk] noun [countable] Word forms peacock : singular peacock plural peacocks a large brightly coloured male bird with long blue green tail feathers that sometimes spread out and up. The female is called a peahen …   English dictionary

• peacock — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pecok, from pe (from Old English pēa peafowl, from Latin pavon , pavo peacock) + cok cock Date: 14th century 1. a male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright feathers and by greatly elongated loosely webbed… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• peacock — pea|cock [ˈpi:kɔk US ka:k] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: pea peacock (900 1000) (from Old English, from Latin pavo) + cock] a large bird, the male of which has long blue and green tail feathers that it can lift up and spread out …   Dictionary of contemporary English