くじゃく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くじゃく – see the following entry.

[noun] [circa 934] a peafowl

[noun] [1768] (historical, colloquial) a upper-class prostitute especially in Edo-period Yoshiwara

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a design of a peacock's expanded tailfeathers

[proper noun] (astronomy, colloquial) Short for くじゃく座 (Kujaku-za): Pavo

Alternative spelling
クジャク

(This term, くじゃく, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese term.)

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