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Definition of Pavo muticus
1. Noun. Peafowl of southeast Asia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pavo Muticus
Literary usage of Pavo muticus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Hybrid between pavo muticus <J and P. cristatus $? . a, b. ... pavo muticus.
Le Paon du Japon, Brit». Ont. ip 289 (1760). pavo muticus, Linn. ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"In the Royal Menagerie at Windsor there is at present a very fine specimen of
the white peacock. The pavo muticus was for a long time considered as ft ..."