| 单词 | henny-feathered |
| 释义 | > as lemmashenny-feathered 1. Of a male bird, esp. a domestic chicken: having the plumage or general appearance of a hen or female bird; (of plumage) resembling that of a hen or female; henlike. Also: designating a breed or variety characterized by such males. Also as the first element in compound adjectives, as in henny-feathered. ΚΠ 1853 W. Wingfield & G. W. Johnson Poultry Bk. xvii. 202 The ‘henny’ cockerels, moreover, reproduced in comparatively few instances their sire's peculiarities in these points. 1854 Poultry Chron. 9 Aug. 549/1 The time when ‘none but’ the henny-tailed cocks are ‘to be judged’ is far more remote than is opined by your correspondent. 1873 E. James Game Cock (ed. 2) 66 The Henny strain never breeds a long-tailed cock unless crossed. 1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Feb. 9/1 ‘Henny’ cocks..have won more battles..than any other birds, except it be the ‘tassel’ cock. 1927 F. A. E. Crew Genetics Sexuality in Animals iv. 115 After a moult the plumage would have become completely henny. 1986 Vitamins & Hormones 43 180 Castration of henny-feathered chickens of either sex caused henny feathering to revert to male-type plumage. < as lemmas |
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