Definition of Genus pavo

1. Noun. Peafowl.

Exact synonyms: Pavo
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Bird Of Juno, Peafowl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pavo

genus Parochetus
genus Paronychia
genus Parophrys
genus Parrotia
genus Parrotiopsis
genus Parthenium
genus Parthenocissus
genus Parula
genus Parus
genus Paspalum
genus Pastinaca
genus Patella
genus Pavo
genus Pavonia
genus Payena
genus Pecari
genus Pecopteris
genus Pecten
genus Pediculus
genus Pedilanthus
genus Pediocactus
genus Pedioecetes
genus Pedionomus
genus Peireskia
genus Pelargonium
genus Pelecanus
genus Pellaea

Literary usage of Genus pavo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"The genus Pavo of ... the first family of the order Rotores, according to his arrangement, consist of the genus Pavo, with the sub-genera Argus, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The peacock "eyes" from which it gets its name cover the long feathers of the wings. PEAFOWL, birds of the genus Pavo- the type of the sub-family ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Akin to the genus Pavo is /V/>- plectrum, of which the males are armed with two or more spurs on each ¡eg. and near them is generally placed the genus ..."

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