the common gallinaceous farm bird, Gallus domesticus of Phasianidae family, raised for its edible eggs or flesh; a cock; a hen; a chicken.
the bird Pavo cristatus of Phasianidae family, the mail of which has a crest of plumules and long, brightly coloured upper tail coverts that can be spread like a fan and have rainbow-coloured, eyelike spots; pea-fowl.