pavo cristatus

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   peafowl of India and Ceylon

   Synonymsblue peafowl

   Broaderpeafowl

Questions about pavo cristatus

What does pavo cristatus mean?

pavo cristatus means "peafowl of India and Ceylon".

What is another word for pavo cristatus?

Close synonyms include blue peafowl. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pavo cristatus a common word?

pavo cristatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.