jungle cock

or jun·gle·cock

[ juhng-guhl kok ]

noun

1. the male of the jungle fowl ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of jungle cock¹

First recorded in 1830–35

Example Sentences

A faint flush showed in the east, and presently a jungle-cock greeted the dawn.

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They were gone an hour, for the beautiful black-red jungle cock had led them deep into the forest before falling to the gun.

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It had brown wings, a dark body, and a piece of jungle-cock feather, and it was fastened to a sea-trout casting-line.

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The common jungle-cock (Gallus bankiva) was also obtained here.

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Now and again the jungle-cock shouts his defiant reveille in a startling fashion, breaking the almost solemn silence.

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