peafowl
English
/ˈpiːˌfaʊl/
noun
Definitions
- A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).
Etymology
Compound from English pea (peafowl, peacock) + English fowl.
Origin
English
fowl
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Peabody English
- cowpea English
- earthpea English
- fowl English
- fowl-lore English
- fowler English
- fowlery English
- fowlhouse English
- fowlish English
- fowlkind English
- fowllike English
- fowlpox English
- fowlyard English
- gamefowl English
- goober pea English
- heartpea English
- junglefowl English
- landfowl English
- moorfowl English
- pea English
- pea-pheasant English
- pea-sized English
- pea-time English
- peaberry English
- peabrain English
- peabrained English
- peachick English
- peacock English
- peagoose English
- peagrit English
- peagrowing English
- peahen English
- pealess English
- pealike English
- peameal English
- peaness English
- peanut English
- peashooter English
- peastone English
- rockfowl English
- scrubfowl English
- seafowl English
- spurfowl English
- sweetpea English
- waterfowl English
- wildfowl English
- wormfowl English
- yardfowl English
- pāvō Latin
- vogel Dutch, Flemish
- πίσον Ancient Greek
- foul Middle English
- pese Middle English
- påfugl Danish
- ffowla Welsh
- ffowlio Welsh
- ffowlyn Welsh
- paul Tok Pisin
- fowru Sranan Tongo
- peas Jamaican Creole
- pi·š Yurok
- pea
- fowl
- peanut
- cowpea
- fowler
- peahen
- peameal
- pealike
- peaness
- seafowl
- fowlish
- Peabody
- pealess
- peagrit
- fowlpox
- peacock
- fowlery
- peagoose
- wildfowl
- heartpea
- rockfowl
- peastone
- sweetpea
- gamefowl
- fowllike
- moorfowl
- fowlkind
- fowlyard
- peachick
- wormfowl
- landfowl
- yardfowl
- earthpea
- spurfowl
- pea-time
- peaberry
- peabrain
- pea-sized
- fowl-lore
- fowlhouse
- scrubfowl
- waterfowl
- junglefowl
- peabrained
- peagrowing
- peashooter
- goober pea
- pea-pheasant