rooster has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) adult male chicken

Synonyms

cock

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

The ungainly bird thing ran_away , and to David its croaking sounded like the crowing of a tormented rooster .

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

date of laying , length of incubation_period , number of chicks reaching the first week , second week , fifth week , weight of hen , size of rooster 's wattles and_so_on , all scrawled out in a hand that looked more Chinese than English , the most jagged and sprawling Alex had ever seen .

Related terms

chicken cockerel comb

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