peafowl / ˈpiˌfaʊl /

📖毕业后词汇鸽子聋哑人鹦鹉鹦鹉螺

peafowl 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural pea·fowls, pea·fowl.

  1. any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa.

更多peafowl例句

  1. The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) usually lay their large white eggs on the ground in long grass or thick undergrowth.
  2. But there were many different kinds—not alone of hens and roosters; for there were peafowl, and guineas, and ducks, and turkeys.
  3. The peafowl is smaller, slenderer, and more graceful than the turkey, and is a little more agile in motion.
  4. The methods of managing turkeys apply at nearly every point to the management of peafowl.
  5. The scarcity of peafowl is not due wholly to the expense of procuring them or to the difficulty of rearing them.