Pavonine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or resembling a peacock.
  • adj. Resembling a peacock's tail in color, design, or iridescence.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the genus Pavo or its sub-family Pavoninae, including the peafowl.
  • adj. Possessing the coloring or iridescence of a peacock feather.
  • adj. Resembling the tail of a peacock.
  • n. Tarnish found on some ores and metals which resembles the tail feathers of a peacock.
  • n. Any bird from the sub-family Pavoninæ.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo.
  • adj. Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of a peacock; pavonian.
  • Resembling a peacock's tail in iridescence.
  • n. Peacock's-tail tarnish; the iridescent luster found on some ores and metallic products.
    • Word Usage
    "Here Cooney calls Peter Osgood "pavonine", which my dictionary tells me means "of or resembling a peacock"."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    iridescent   
     
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