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Noun
S:
(n)
domestic fowl
,
fowl
,
poultry
(a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
S:
(n)
Dorking
(an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled))
S:
(n)
Plymouth Rock
(an American breed of domestic fowl)
S:
(n)
Cornish
,
Cornish fowl
(English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters)
S:
(n)
Rock Cornish
(small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl)
S:
(n)
game fowl
(any of several breeds reared for cockfighting)
S:
(n)
cochin
,
cochin china
(Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs)
S:
(n)
chicken
,
Gallus gallus
(a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl)
S:
(n)
chick
,
biddy
(young bird especially of domestic fowl)
S:
(n)
cock
,
rooster
(adult male chicken)
S:
(n)
cockerel
(a young domestic cock; not older than one year)
S:
(n)
capon
(castrated male chicken)
S:
(n)
hen
,
biddy
(adult female chicken)
S:
(n)
cackler
(a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk)
S:
(n)
brood hen
,
broody
,
broody hen
,
setting hen
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sitter
(a domestic hen ready to brood)
S:
(n)
mother hen
(a hen with chicks)
S:
(n)
layer
(a hen that lays eggs)
S:
(n)
pullet
(young hen usually less than a year old)
S:
(n)
spring chicken
(a young chicken having tender meat)
S:
(n)
Rhode Island red
(American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken)
S:
(n)
Dominique
,
Dominick
(American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs)
S:
(n)
Orpington
(English breed of large chickens with white skin)
S:
(n)
bantam
(any of various small breeds of fowl)
S:
(n)
turkey
,
Meleagris gallopavo
(large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food)
S:
(n)
turkey cock
,
gobbler
,
tom
,
tom turkey
(male turkey)
S:
(n)
guinea fowl
,
guinea
,
Numida meleagris
(a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world)
S:
(n)
guinea hen
(female guinea fowl)
part meronym
S:
(n)
saddle
(posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
part holonym
S:
(n)
poultry
(flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food)
member holonym
S:
(n)
Gallus
,
genus Gallus
(common domestic birds and related forms)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(v)
fowl
[Related to:
fowl
] (hunt fowl)
W:
(v)
fowl
[Related to:
fowl
] (hunt fowl in the forest)
S:
(n)
poultry
(flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food)