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# peafowl

noun (a peafowl, peafowl or peafowls)

«peafowl» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Peafowl are large birds of the pheasant family; the male is a peacock, the female is a peahen, and the babies are peachicks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons peafowl are a classic example of the difference between males and females: the peacock has a long, colourful tail with «eye» spots that he fans out to attract peahens, while the peahen is brown and plain. The Indian peafowl is India's national bird. Phrases: «a flock of peafowl», «Indian peafowl».

### Examples

- Peafowl wandered across the castle lawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x1)
- A peacock is a male peafowl, and a peahen is a female. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x2)
- Baby peafowl are called peachicks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x3)
- The Indian peafowl is India's national bird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x4)
- Peafowl screech loudly at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x5)
- Green peafowl live in South-East Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x6)

### Note

Plural can be «peafowl» or «peafowls». In everyday talk people often call all of them «peacocks», but strictly the peacock is only the male. In counting problems: 3 peacocks and 4 peahens make 7 peafowl.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «peafowl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peafowl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peafowl.html) on Mova free.