English Explanatory Dictionary

Pavo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.

Word forms

Pavo

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Doublet of pea.

Related words

Pavonis
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