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GENUS PAVO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Peafowl

Synonyms:

genus Pavo; Pavo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Pavo" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pavo"):

bird of Juno; peafowl (very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird)

Holonyms ("genus Pavo" is a member of...):

family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)

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