くじゃく

Japanese

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

【孔雀】 [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 Alternative spelling クジャク

(This term, くじゃく (kujaku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)