(pē′kok) noun
The male of a gallinaceous crested bird (genus Pavo), which has the tail coverts enormously elongated, erectile, and marked with ocelli or eyelike spots, and the neck and breast of an iridescent greenish-blue. ♦ Collateral adjective: pavonine.
—v.i. To strut vainly; make a display. [OE pēa, pāwa a peacock (<L pavo) + COCK¹]
PEACOCK
(Body length about 30 to 36 inches; tail up to 6 feet)

(pē′kok)
A star of 2.12 magnitude in the constellation Pavo. See STAR.

(pē′kok), Thomas Love,
1785–1866, English novelist.