| NOUN | animal | Gallus gallus, chicken | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs |
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| animal | Gallus gallus, red jungle fowl | a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl |
| Meaning | A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. | |
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| Synonym | chicken | |
| Parts | chicken, poulet, volaille | The flesh of a chicken used for food |
| Narrower | Dominique, Dominick | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs |
| 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 |
| Spanish | gallina, pollo | |
| Catalan | pollastre | |
| Meaning | A jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl. | |
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| Synonym | red jungle fowl | |
| Broader | jungle fowl, gallina | small Asiatic wild bird |
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