peacock
pee kok
- n European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
- n male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
- The network gives up its Olympic gold$70 million worth Just thinking about the summer of 1980 used to make NBC proud as a peacock.
- In the fall of 1974, NBC decided to replace its timeworn symbols, the rainbow-plumed peacock and the cursive cluster of letters known affectionately as "the snake.
- The Peacock Gets Plucked .