クジャク

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Japanese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of クジャク – see the following entry.
孔雀くじゃく
[noun] [circa 934] a peafowl
[noun] [1768] (historical, colloquial) an 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
(This term, クジャク, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)