chan·ti·cleer 
(chăntĭ-klîr′, shăn-)
(chăntĭ-klîr′, shăn-)n.
A rooster.
[Middle English chauntecler, from Old French chantecler, the name of the rooster in the tale of Reynard the Fox : chanter, to sing; see CHANT + cler, clear; see CLEAR.]