afropavo

noun

af·​ro·​pa·​vo

ˌa-frō-ˈpā-(ˌ)vō,

-ˈpä-

1

capitalized : a genus of bronzy green and brown African birds that are about the size of the ring-necked pheasant but closely related to the peacocks though lacking the distinctive tail of the latter

2

plural -s : a bird of the genus Afropavo

called also Congo peacock

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Afr- + Latin pavo peacock

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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