gallus gallus

Noun
  1. A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs;
    Believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl (synset 101794266)
    is a type of: domestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
    subtypes:
    • biddy, chick - young bird especially of domestic fowl
    • cock, rooster - adult male chicken
    • capon - castrated male chicken
    • biddy, hen - adult female chicken
    • spring chicken - a young chicken having tender meat
    • rhode island red - American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken
    • dominick, dominique - American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs
    • orpington - English breed of large chickens with white skin
    has: chicken, poulet, volaille - the flesh of a chicken used for food
    same as: chicken
  2. A jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl (synset 101794104)
    is a type of: gallina, jungle fowl - small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
    same as: red jungle fowl

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