"peahen" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpiː.hɛn/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peahen.wav [Southern-England] Forms: peahens [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pehenne, equivalent to pea (“peafowl”) + hen. Compare Icelandic páhæna (“peahen”). See also peacock, peafowl, peachick, etc. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pehenne}} Middle English pehenne, {{compound|en|pea|hen|t1=peafowl}} pea (“peafowl”) + hen, {{cog|is|páhæna|t=peahen}} Icelandic páhæna (“peahen”), {{m|en|peacock}} peacock, {{m|en|peafowl}} peafowl, {{m|en|peachick}} peachick Head templates: {{en-noun}} peahen (plural peahens)
  1. A female peafowl. Categories (lifeform): Female animals, Fowls Related terms: hen, peachick, peacock, peafowl Translations (female of peafowl): pava (Asturian), paunez [feminine] (Breton), ဒေါင်းမ (daung:ma.) (Burmese), 母孔雀 (mǔkǒngquè) (Chinese Mandarin), pávice [feminine] (Czech), pavino (Esperanto), paonne [feminine] (French), Pfauhenne [feminine] (German), मोरनी (mornī) [feminine] (Hindi), páhæna [feminine] (Icelandic), pavonino (Ido), merak betina (Indonesian), cearc phéacóige [feminine] (Irish), 雌孔雀 (mesukujaku) (Japanese), 암공작속 (amgongjaksok) (Korean), pāva [feminine] (Latin), pawa [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), пауница (paunica) [feminine] (Macedonian), mayūrī [feminine, plural, singular] (Pali), mayūriyo [feminine, plural] (Pali), pawica [feminine] (Polish), pavoa [feminine] (Portuguese), păuniță [feminine] (Romanian), па́ва (páva) [feminine] (Russian), मयूरी (mayūrī) [feminine] (Sanskrit), ᱮᱸᱜᱟ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱜ (ẽga marak’) (Santali), paunica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), påfågelhona [common-gender] (Swedish), jipaf (Volapük), peunes [feminine] (Welsh)

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}

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