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Rock Cornish

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


Origin:
1955–60
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Rock Cornish   (rŏk)   
n.  A small fowl of a breed developed by crossing white Plymouth Rock and Cornish strains, used especially as a roasting chicken.

[(Plymouth) Rock + Cornish.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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