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CONGO PEAFOWL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Congo peafowl mean?
• CONGO PEAFOWL (noun)
The noun CONGO PEAFOWL has 1 sense:
1. both sexes are brightly colored
Familiarity information: CONGO PEAFOWL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Both sexes are brightly colored
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
afropavo; Afropavo congensis; Congo peafowl
Hypernyms ("Congo peafowl" is a kind of...):
pheasant (large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere)
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