English > Gallus gallus: 2 senses > noun 1, animalMeaning | A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. |
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Synonym | chicken |
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Parts | chicken, poulet, volaille | The flesh of a chicken used for food |
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Narrower | Dominique, Dominick | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs |
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Orpington | English breed of large chickens with white skin |
Rhode Island red | American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken |
capon | castrated male chicken |
chick, biddy | young bird especially of domestic fowl |
cock, rooster | adult male chicken |
hen, biddy | adult female chicken |
spring chicken | A young chicken having tender meat |
Broader | domestic fowl, fowl, poultry | A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl |
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Spanish | gallina, pollo |
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Catalan | pollastre |
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