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Java peacock

Java peacock noun: green peafowl.

Noun

Java peacock (plural Java peacocks)

  1. (obsolete) green peafowl
    • The place was, however, famous for peacocks, and my boy soon shot several of these magnificent birds, whose flesh we found to be tender, white, and delicate, and similar to that of a turkey. The Java peacock is a different species from that of India, the neck being covered with scale-like green...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 167

Forms of Java peacock

pluralJava peacocks

Questions about Java peacock

What does Java peacock mean?
Java peacock means green peafowl.
What part of speech is Java peacock?
Java peacock is a noun.
What is the plural of Java peacock?
The plural of Java peacock is Java peacocks.

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