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Where does “Pavonidae” come from?

Pavonidae (Translingual) comes from Latin pāvō, from Ancient Greek ταώς — peacock; type of fish.

Ancestry of “Pavonidae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāvō—
2Ancient Greekταώςpeacock; type of fish
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