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Pavo   Listen
proper noun
Pavo  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A genus of birds, including the peacocks.
2.
(Astron.) The Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere.





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"Pavo" Quotes from Famous Books



... Take a few specimens of this manner of dealing with words; and first from the earlier etymologists. Thus, what are men doing but extending not the limits of their knowledge but of their ignorance, when they deduce, with Varro, 'pavo' from 'pavor,' because of the fear which the harsh shriek of the peacock awakens; or with Pliny, 'panthera' from [Greek: pan thaerion], because properties of all beasts meet in the panther; or persuade themselves that 'formica,' the ant, is 'ferens micas,' the grain-bearer. ...
— On the Study of Words • Richard C Trench


Words linked to "Pavo" :   bird genus, peafowl, Pavo muticus, family Phasianidae, genus Pavo, bird of Juno


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