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cockerel
[ kok-er-uhl, kok-ruhl ]
noun
- a young domestic cock.
cockerel
/ ˈkɒkərəl; ˈkɒkrəl /
noun
- a young domestic cock, usually less than a year old
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cockerel1
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Example Sentences
That matter of the black cockerel—trifling as it might seem—would have to be cleared up.
So Sir Dagonet always went armed; though he bore upon his shield the device of a cockerel's head as a symbol of his calling.
After that poultry fanciers call the young male a cockerel and the young female a pullet.
The word "pullet" is also used by others, but the popular names for a cockerel are crower and young rooster.
After the sex can be distinguished, the terms cockerel and pullet are applied to turkeys in the same way as to fowls.
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