peachicknoun [ C ]
/ˈpiː.tʃɪk//ˈpiː.tʃɪk/a young peacock (= a large bird, the male of which has very long tail feathers that it can spread out to show bright colours and patterns shaped like eyes):
They own peacocks and have raised peachicks for many years.
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- The peachick was very weak and didn't survive.
- How do you tell a male peachick from a female peachick?
- Peachicks seem to favour big fluffy nests.
- Until peacocks are one year old they are referred to as peachicks.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal young
- baby
- bugger
- calf
- calves
- chick
- colt
- cub
- fledgling
- foal
- frogspawn
- fry
- gosling
- heifer
- litter
- offspring
- owlet
- piglet
- pup
- puppy
- spawn
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