Definition of chicken

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Chicken (n.) A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl..

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Peeper :: Peeper (n.) A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.
Chickling :: Chickling (n.) A small chick or chicken.
Water Chicken :: Water chicken () The common American gallinule.
Pounce :: Pounce (v. i.) To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively..
Chicky :: Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls..
Chick :: Chick (n.) A chicken.
Bird :: Bird (n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2)..
Hives :: Hives (n.) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox..
Cluck :: Cluck (v. t.) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens..
Water Pox :: Water pox () A variety of chicken pox, or varicella..
Pie :: Pie (n.) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie..
Broiler :: Broiler (n.) A chicken or other bird fit for broiling.
Chicken-breasted :: Chicken-breasted (a.) Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column..
Peep :: Peep (v. i.) To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep..
Swineery :: Swine-pox (n.) A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox..
Capon :: Capon (n.) A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding..
Salad :: Salad (n.) A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad..
Pintail :: Pintail (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail..
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