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    BIRD OF JUNO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental birdplay

    Synonyms:

    bird of Juno; peafowl

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("bird of Juno" is a kind of...):

    pheasant (large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird of Juno"):

    pea-chick; peachick (a young peafowl)

    peacock (male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots)

    peahen (female peafowl)

    blue peafowl; Pavo cristatus (peafowl of India and Ceylon)

    green peafowl; Pavo muticus (peafowl of southeast Asia)

    Holonyms ("bird of Juno" is a member of...):

    genus Pavo; Pavo (peafowl)

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