peacock
/ˈpiːkɒk/noun
उच्चारण पीकॉक
मोर
Basic word
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a large male bird with very long blue and green tail feathers that it can spread out like a fan
मोर
- The peacock danced in the rain.
- A peacock spread its tail on the lawn.
- The peacock is the national bird of India.
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- We heard the loud call of a peacock at dawn.
Synonyms peafowl peahen (female)
Opposite peahen
§Grammar and usage
Gender pair: peacock (male) and peahen (female); the young is a peachick; both together are peafowl.
लिंग जोड़ी: peacock (मोर) और peahen (मोरनी); बच्चा peachick; दोनों मिलकर peafowl।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
As proud as a peacock (very proud), strut like a peacock.
Idioms: as proud as a peacock (बहुत घमंडी), strut like a peacock।
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General knowledge
The peacock (Indian peafowl) is India's national bird (since 1963); it is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972; the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's Peacock Throne (Takht-e-Taus) was taken by Nadir Shah in 1739.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: मोर (Indian peafowl) भारत का राष्ट्रीय पक्षी है (1963 से); यह वन्यजीव संरक्षण अधिनियम, 1972 की अनुसूची I के तहत संरक्षित है; मुग़ल सम्राट शाहजहाँ का मयूर सिंहासन (तख़्त-ए-ताऊस) 1739 में नादिर शाह ले गया।