pavon

noun6

1. •
   The peacock bass

   • A pavon on every cast and my hands were raw from grabbing their jaws. — 1972
2. •
   Any of various birds with ornate plumage, similar to a peacock.

   • To console our bereavement somewhat, she sent down to the galliota a pair of young, noisy, half-fledged parrots, and a pavon or sun-bird . — 1855
3. •
   A small triangular flag, especially one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.

   • Some of these books contain illustrations of this flag; nevertheless there is not, nor has there ever been, bunting of any shape or size named a pavon. — 1963
4. •
   A tropical butterfly, Doxocopa pavon, noted for the iridescent purple coloration of the male.

   • The Pavon is yet another tropical member of the huge Brush-footed Butterfly family that just barely enters the United States, in southeast Texas, and even there only rarely. — 2002
5. •
   A subtropical plant of genus Peperomia.
6. •
   A hydrochloride of opium alkaloid, similar to Pantopon, used as a pain medication.

   • This indicates that pavon is a diluted pantopon, a pavon tablet is equivalent to half a pantopon tablet , and an ampule of pavon to half a ampule of pantopon . — 1922