Pavo

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 – the peafowl (peacocks).

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

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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.

Derived 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)