Peacock (disambiguation)
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A peacock is the male of the peafowl.
Peacock or peacocks may also refer to:
Biology
Fishes
- Peacock bass, the cichlid genus Cichla
- Peacock cichlid, the cichlid genus Aulonocara
Butterflies
Brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae)
- Any species of the genus Anartia from the tropical and subtropical Americas
- The European peacock (Aglais io)
- The peacock pansy (Junonia almana) from South Asia
Swallowtail butterflies (family Papilionidae)
- Papilio blumei, the peacock or green swallowtail
- Several other South Asian species of the genus Papilio
Other species
- Red sandalwood tree, sometimes called "peacock flower fence"
Places
- Peacock Hills, Canada
- Peacock Peak, Arizona, United States
- Peacock Sound, Antarctica
- Peacock Springs State Park, Florida
- Peacock, Texas, an unincorporated community in Stonewall County, Texas, United States
- Peacock Township, Michigan, United States
Television and film
- Peacock (2005 film) (Kong que), a Chinese film
- Peacock (2010 film), an American psychological thriller
- "Peacocks", an episode of the television series Teletubbies
- The logo of American television network NBC which is often called "The Peacock Network"
Music
- "Peacock" (song), a song by Katy Perry
- The Peacocks (band), a Swiss psychobilly group founded in 1990
- Peacock Records, a record label
- "Peacocks", a song by the American band The Mountain Goats
Ships
- USS Peacock, a number of U.S. Navy vessels:
- USS Peacock (1813), a 500-ton sloop-of-war
- USS Peacock (1828), a 650-ton sloop-of-war
- USS Peacock (AM-46), a World War I minesweeper
- USS Peacock (MSC-198), a minesweeper
Case law
Other uses
- Peacock (surname), including fictional characters
- Beyer-Peacock, a British railway locomotive manufacturer
- Bornite, sometimes referred to as peacock ore
- Daimaru Peacock (ja:大丸ピーコック), a Japanese supermarket chain
- Pavo (constellation), the peacock
- Peacock is also a name for the brightest star (Alpha Pavonis) in that constellation
- Peacock (Fabergé egg), a 1908 Fabergé egg
- Peacock Inn, Islington, pub in London
- Peacock River = Konqi (孔雀河; Kǒngquè Hé), river in Xinjiang, China
- Peacock Throne of India and Persia
- Peacock words
- Peacocks (retailer), a UK clothing retailer
- The Peacock Angel, Melek Taus (ملك طاووس), is the Yazidis' name for the central figure of their faith
- "The Peacocks", a nickname for the English football club Leeds United
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