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pul⋅let
[poo
l-it] 
–noun
| a young hen, less than one year old. |
Origin:
1325–75; ME polet < MF poulet, dim. of poul cock < L pullus chicken, young of an animal; akin to foal
1325–75; ME polet < MF poulet, dim. of poul cock < L pullus chicken, young of an animal; akin to foal
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| pul·let (pŏŏl'ĭt) n. A young domestic hen, usually one that is less than one year old. [Middle English pulet, from Old French polet, diminutive of poul, cock, and poule, hen, both from Latin pullus, young fowl, young animal, chicken; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Pullet
Pul"let\, n. [OE. polete, OF. polete, F. poulette, dim. of poule a hen, fr. L. pullus a young animal, a young fowl. See Foal, and cf. Poult, Poultry, Pool stake.] A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl. Pullet sperm, the treadle of an egg. [Obs.] --Shak.
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pullet
1362, "young fowl," from Anglo-Fr. pullet, O.Fr. poulette, dim. of poule "hen," from V.L. *pulla, fem. of L. pullus "young animal, young fowl." Technically, a young hen from the time she begins to lay until the first molt.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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