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cockerel

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cock⋅er⋅el

[kok-er-uhl, kok-ruhl]
–noun
a young domestic cock.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME cokerelle. See cock 1 , -rel
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cock·er·el   (kŏk'ər-əl)   
n.  A young rooster.

[Middle English cokerel, diminutive of cok, cock; see cock1.]
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