jungle cock

or jun·gle·cock

[ juhng-guhl kok ]

noun
  1. the male of the jungle fowl.

Origin of jungle cock

1
First recorded in 1830–35

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How to use jungle cock in a sentence

  • A faint flush showed in the east, and presently a jungle-cock greeted the dawn.

    The Taming of the Jungle | Dr. C. W. Doyle
  • They were gone an hour, for the beautiful black-red jungle cock had led them deep into the forest before falling to the gun.

    The Three Sapphires | W. A. Fraser
  • It had brown wings, a dark body, and a piece of jungle-cock feather, and it was fastened to a sea-trout casting-line.

    Angling Sketches | Andrew Lang
  • The common jungle-cock (Gallus bankiva) was also obtained here.

    The Malay Archipelago | Alfred Russell Wallace
  • Now and again the jungle-cock shouts his defiant reveille in a startling fashion, breaking the almost solemn silence.

    The Pearl of India | Maturin M. Ballou