pavo
/ˈpabo/ · B1 · noun · m
turkey
🦃🦚 Latin pavo meant peacock; Spain later gave the name to the turkey
Latin pāvō (peacock) also gives Italian pavone and Spanish pavo real, literally royal pavo, for the peacock. When turkeys arrived from the Americas, Spanish reused pavo for them. As slang, un pavo is one unit of money, like a buck.