GENUS PAVO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pavo mean? 

• GENUS PAVO (noun)
  The noun GENUS PAVO has 1 sense:

1. peafowl

  Familiarity information: GENUS PAVO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PAVO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Peafowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pavo; Pavo

Hypernyms ("genus Pavo" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pavo"):

bird of Juno; peafowl (very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird)

Holonyms ("genus Pavo" is a member of...):

family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)