PAVO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pavo mean? 

• PAVO (noun)
  The noun PAVO has 2 senses:

1. a small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara

2. peafowl

  Familiarity information: PAVO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAVO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Peafowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pavo; Pavo

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pavo"):

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

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

family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)