Definition of chicken

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

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Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
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..
Sharptail :: Sharptail (n.) The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken..
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..
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..
Singe :: Singe (v. t.) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
Water Pox :: Water pox () A variety of chicken pox, or varicella..
Chicken Pox :: Chicken pox () A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella..
Chuck :: Chuck (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens..
Bird :: Bird (n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2)..
Peep :: Peep (n.) The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
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..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..
Pigeon-breasted :: Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted..
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..
Squaccos :: Squab-chick (n.) A young chicken before it is fully fledged.
Sora :: Sora (n.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and orto..
Pip :: Pip (v. i.) To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep..
Hen-hearted :: Hen-hearted (a.) Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.
Broiler :: Broiler (n.) A chicken or other bird fit for broiling.
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