pavo
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In Peru, while it would be delightful if the bird were called ` hindi, 'it is actually called pavo.
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- A genus of birds, including the peacocks.
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In Peru, while it would be delightful if the bird were called ` hindi, 'it is actually called pavo.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1 -
This makes it a sort of minor league peacock, since the latter is either pavón or pavo real.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1 -
But he also neglected the Spanish pavo, even though the species name of the wild turkey is gallopavo.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1 -
According to Corominas, the Spaniards used pavo (from Latin) for peacock until the turkey came along, whereupon they transferred this word to it and called the peacock pavo real (where real means
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1 - He uttered a curse and ran fifteen feet farther. — The Venus Trap
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- [L., a peacock. See
Peacock .]