Definition of "peacock" []

• A male peafowl, distinguished by its crested head, brilliant blue or green plumage, and long modified back feathers that are marked with iridescent eyelike spots and that can be spread in a fanlike form. (noun)
• A peafowl, either male or female. (noun)
• A vain person; a dandy. (noun)
• To strut about like a peacock; exhibit oneself vainly. (verb-intransitive)

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