Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PEACOCKED
Verb
peacocked
simple past tense and past participle of peacock
Source: Wiktionary
PEACOCK
Pea"cock`, n. Etym: [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. peĆ”, pawa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. taus, tawus, Ar. tawu. See Cock the bird.]
1. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is Pavo cristatus. The Javan peacock (P. muticus) is more brilliantly colored than the common species.
2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. Peacock butterfly (Zoƶl.), a handsome European butterfly (Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.
– Peacock fish (Zoƶl.), the European blue-striped wrasse (Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.
– Peacock pheasant (Zoƶl.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron. They resemble the peacock in color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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