peacock

paon mâle

Grand oiseau mâle qui déploie les longues plumes colorées de sa queue pour attirer les femelles.

En anglais simple : A large male bird with long, colorful tail feathers that it spreads out to attract females.

• The peacock spread its tail.
• Two peacocks displayed their feathers beside the females.
• Did you hear that peacock calling?

Expressions courantes : peacock feathers, peacock tail, male peacock

paon

Grand oiseau, mâle ou femelle, d’un groupe dont les mâles ont de longues plumes colorées à la queue.

En anglais simple : A large bird of the group whose males have long, colorful tail feathers; either a male or a female.

• Peacocks wander around the park.
• The female peacock stayed close to her chicks.
• We watched a flock of peacocks feeding.

Synonymes : peafowl

Expressions courantes : female peacock, peacock chicks, peacock flock