A mature male of the domestic chicken. Cf. cockerel, n. 1a.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock (63) cockeOE A mature male of the domestic chicken. Cf. cockerel, n. 1a. chanticleer?a1300 A proper name applied traditionally (chiefly in literature) to: a cockerel. Later also as a common noun. Cf. bruin, n. Reynard, n. 1 Tibert, n., etc. common astrologera1413 the cockerel, regarded as watchman of the night and announcer of the sunrise. dunghill cock1561 Designating an ordinary, common, domestic cock or hen, as distinguished from game birds bred for fighting or (later) any improved breed, as dunghill… red cock1591 Any farmyard cock. cock-a-doodle-doo1604 humorous or nursery. (A name for) a cockerel or rooster. roost-cock1606 A domestic cock. alectryon1664 (A name for) a cock. stag1730 Applied to the male of various birds. (Cf. steg, n.) A cock. dialect. Also spec. in Cock-fighting, a cock less than one year old. rooster1772 Chiefly North American, Australian, and New Zealand, and formerly English regional. A male domestic fowl, a cock (cock, n.1 1). doodle-doo1785 A nursery or humorous name for: a cock, a rooster. cock bird1788 A male of the domestic chicken; = cock, n.1 1. Subcategories:— cockerel (3) — with particular kind of plumage (2) — castrated or capon (3) — used in festivals (4) — pair of (1) — crowing of (6) — condition of (1) — parts of (17) — fighting cock (14) |
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