peacocks
SayPEE-koksUS/ˈpikɑks/UK/ˈpiːkɒks/
- 1Plural of peacock.
Several peacocks roamed freely through the temple gardens.
The estate keeps a small flock of peacocks for their dazzling display.
Note
A regular plural that carries every noun meaning of its singular. Strictly it names the males with the eyed tails, and loosely peafowl of either sex. It also covers vain, strutting people and certain Asian butterflies of the genus Papilio. The same spelling does verb duty too, as in he peacocks around the office, when it means strutting proudly or dressing and behaving showily to impress.
peacocks is a form of peacock
peacock, noun: Any peafowl, male or female, in either of the genera Pavo and Afropavo. Full entry
- Forms
- peacockpeacocks plural
- Spelling
- peacock → peacocks: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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