cockerel
a young domestic cock.
Origin of cockerel
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How to use cockerel in a sentence
That matter of the black cockerel—trifling as it might seem—would have to be cleared up.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesSo Sir Dagonet always went armed; though he bore upon his shield the device of a cockerel's head as a symbol of his calling.
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table | Howard PyleAfter that poultry fanciers call the young male a cockerel and the young female a pullet.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. RobinsonThe word "pullet" is also used by others, but the popular names for a cockerel are crower and young rooster.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. RobinsonAfter the sex can be distinguished, the terms cockerel and pullet are applied to turkeys in the same way as to fowls.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. Robinson
British Dictionary definitions for cockerel
/ (ˈkɒkərəl, ˈkɒkrəl) /
a young domestic cock, usually less than a year old
Origin of cockerel
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