Pavo

See also: pavo

Translingual

Peacock in display

Etymology

From Latin pāvō (“peacock”).

Proper noun

Pavo m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – peafowl (peacocks, peahens).

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Galloanseri – superorder; Galliformes – order; Phasianidae – family; Phasianinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) - type species, Pavo muticus (green peafowl) - other species

Derived terms

• Afropavo

References

• Peafowl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pavo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pavo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Doublet of pea.

Proper noun

Pavo

1. (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.

Related terms

• Pavonis

Translations

constellation of the southern sky

• Finnish: Riikinkukko (fi)
• French: Paon (fr) m
• Galician: Pavo (gl)
• German: Pfau (de) m
• Irish: an Phéacóg f
• Italian: Pavone m
• Japanese: 孔雀座 (ja) (くじゃくざ, Kujakuza)
• Malay: Merak
• Polish: Paw (pl) m
• Portuguese: Pavão (pt) m
• Russian: Павлин (ru) (Pavlin)
• Spanish: Pavo (es)