Domestic+fowls

  • 21Centrocercus — Sage grouse Adult male greater sage grouse Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …

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  • 22hen — noun 1》 a female bird, especially of a domestic fowl.     ↘(hens) domestic fowls of either sex.     ↘used in names of various rails and other birds, e.g. native hen.     ↘a female lobster, crab, or salmon. 2》 Scottish used as an affectionate term …

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  • 23hen — ► NOUN 1) a female bird, especially of a domestic fowl. 2) (hens) domestic fowls of either sex. ● as rare (or scarce) as hen s teeth Cf. ↑as scarce as hen s teeth ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 24featherbone — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or featherboning ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ : a corset bone made from the quills of domestic fowl or of plastic * * * /fedh euhr bohn /, n. a substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of domestic fowls. [1885 90, Amer.; FEATHER + …

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  • 25Albizzia Julibrissin — Silk Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff …

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  • 26an extravagant — Cock Cock (k[o^]k), n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. [1913 Webster] 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.… …

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  • 27Ball cock — Cock Cock (k[o^]k), n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. [1913 Webster] 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.… …

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  • 28Black Spanish — One of an old and well known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 29Bombyx mori — Silk Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff …

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  • 30Calliandra trinervia — Silk Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff …

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