Hyphenation of peacock

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word peacock? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pea-cock

Definitions of peacock:

1.	European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
2.	Male peafowl Having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots

Synonyms of peacock:

noun	peacock butterfly, Inachis io, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
noun	peafowl, bird of Juno

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.