PEACOCK


Meaning of PEACOCK in English

male, female peahen [noun] [C] - a large bird, the male of which has very long tail feathers which it can spread out to show bright colours and eye-like patternspeacock feathersThe peahen is less eye-catching then the peacock and has brown feathers.See picture: Birds(dated disapproving) If a man is described as a peacock he is very proud of his appearance and gives a lot of attention to his clothes and the way he dresses.Peacock blue is a bright slightly greenish blue colour.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.