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

• R v Peacock

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