peacock
Example Sentences
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Fish such as wolf fish, peacock bass, and South American lungfish were especially common, accompanied by reptiles including caimans and turtles, and mammals such as capybaras, pacas, and armadillos.
From Science Daily
Before his arrest, Mr. Moskalyov bred ornamental birds on his small farm, where there were also peacocks, pheasants, wild ducks, turkeys and chickens, he said in an interview with a Russian rights watchdog, OVD-Info.
From New York Times
And the second we started saying things like, “Hey, will you sing in the car with Jessica? And will you scare a peacock?,” it was over.
From Los Angeles Times
The other inhabitants of Jidada are pigs and cows, goats and sheep, cats and dogs, chickens and the odd peacock.
From New York Times
Under the cool forest canopy, civets, jackals, peacocks and other creatures roam, and muriel bushes release a sweet, heady fragrance.
From New York Times
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