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# peafowl

«peafowl» in Mova's school dictionary: **large birds of the pheasant family; the male is a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a peafowl, peafowl or peafowls)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#m1)

### sense 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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x2)
- Baby peafowl are called peachicks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x3)
- The Indian peafowl is India's national bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x4)
- Peafowl screech loudly at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/#x5)
- Green peafowl live in South-East Asia. [tree →](https://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peafowl» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peafowl/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.