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BIRD OF JUNO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bird of Juno mean? 

BIRD OF JUNO (noun)
  The noun BIRD OF JUNO has 1 sense:

1. very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental birdplay

  Familiarity information: BIRD OF JUNO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BIRD OF JUNO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bird of Juno; peafowl

Hypernyms ("bird of Juno" is a kind of...):

pheasant (large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird of Juno"):

pea-chick; peachick (a young peafowl)

peacock (male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots)

peahen (female peafowl)

blue peafowl; Pavo cristatus (peafowl of India and Ceylon)

green peafowl; Pavo muticus (peafowl of southeast Asia)

Holonyms ("bird of Juno" is a member of...):

genus Pavo; Pavo (peafowl)


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