Definition of Pavo cristatus

1. Noun. Peafowl of India and Ceylon.

Exact synonyms: Blue Peafowl
Generic synonyms: Bird Of Juno, Peafowl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pavo Cristatus

Pauranic
Pause
Pauses
Pautrier's abscess
Pautrier's microabscess
Pauzat's disease
Pavarotti
Pavel
Pavia
Pavlov
Pavlov's reflex
Pavlov method
Pavlova
Pavlovian
Pavo
Pavo cristatus (current term)
Pavo muticus
Pavy's disease
Pawaka
Pawnee
Pawsner
Pax Americana
Pax Augusta
Pax Britannica
Pax Romana
Pax gene
Paxil
Paxto
Paxton

Literary usage of Pavo cristatus

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

1. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1848)
"Pavo cristatus primus, Temm. Gall. Ind. iii. p. 650. Pavo cristatus, Linn. SN ip 267. ... Pavo cristatus domesticus, Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. p. Col. ..."

2. A Catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum by Ashmolean museum, Philip Bury Duncan (1836)
"Pavo cristatus, Linn.—The crested Peacock.—India and Europe. [Mrs. Schutz. 5. Pavo cristatus, Linn.—The same, (variety.) [Mrs. Schutz. Subgen. ..."

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