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bird of Juno

Other forms: birds of Juno

Definitions of bird of Juno
  1. noun
    very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
    synonyms: peafowl
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    types:
    pea-chick, peachick
    a young peafowl
    peacock
    male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fan-like tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
    peahen
    female peafowl
    Pavo cristatus, blue peafowl
    peafowl of India and Ceylon
    Pavo muticus, green peafowl
    peafowl of southeast Asia
    type of:
    pheasant
    large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
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