peahen
- n female peafowl
- For one vivid day last week, the NBC peacock was the cynosure of every eye-fluttering peahen from the Bronx Botanical Gardens to Los Angeles' Griffith Park.
- Durrell recalls the case of a Congo peacock and peahen that kept trying unsuccessfully to mate.
- Its gorgeous tail renders it highly vulnerable to predators, so any peahen with a concern for her sons' longevity should opt for a more modestly endowed mate.