DictionaryRoot: cocc
Old English
cocc
male bird
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noun / verb
peacock
PEE-kahk/ˈpiːkɑːk/
A male peafowl with long colorful tail feathers.
Etymology
The first element originally named peafowl of either sex. Adding the word for a male bird made the compound specifically name the male, whose magnificent tail became its best-known feature.