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Definition of Genus pavo
1. Noun. Peafowl.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Bird Of Juno, Peafowl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pavo
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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