Rock Cornish

Rock Cornish

noun
a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
Also called Rock Cornish game hen, Rock Cornish hen.


Origin:
1955–60
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Rock Cornish is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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rock cornish

noun
small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl 
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