طَاؤُوسٌ ذ , (S, M, A, &c.,) of the measure فَاعُولٌ, (Msb,) the hemzeh being a substitute for و, (M,) [The peacock;] a certain bird, (S, M, A, O, K,) beautiful, (M, TA,) and well known: (O, Msb, K:) dim. طُوَيْسٌ, formed after the rejection of the augmentative letters: (S, O, Msb, K:) pl. طَوَاوِيسُ (M, A, K) and (sometimes, M) أَطْوَاسٌ, (M, O, K,) by the rejection of what is augmentative: (M:) the former pl. is the more known. (TA.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) A goodly, or beautiful, man; (ElMuärrij, O, K;) in the dial. of Syria. (ElMuärrij, O.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) Silver; (A, O, K;) in the dial. of El-Yemen. (A, O.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) Verdant land, wherein, (O, K,) or whereon, (T, O,) is every kind of plant, (O, K,) or of flowers, in the days of spring. (T, O.)
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