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| biddy1 |
a hen or young chicken. |
| cackle |
to make the sharp, broken cry of a hen. [2/5 definitions] |
| chuckle |
to cluck, as a hen. [1/3 definitions] |
| clack |
to cluck or cackle in the manner of a hen. [1/8 definitions] |
| cluck |
to make the sharp, throaty noise of a hen brooding or calling chicks. [2/4 definitions] |
| lay1 |
of a hen or other female bird, to produce eggs. [1/16 definitions] |
| nest egg |
a real or artificial egg left in a nest to induce a hen to lay eggs there. [1/2 definitions] |
| poulard |
a fat young hen, esp. one spayed to improve the flesh for food. |
| prairie chicken |
either of two henlike grouse of the North American prairies that have reddish, brownish, black, and white feathers; prairie hen; prairie fowl. |
| pullet |
a young hen, esp. a common domestic hen in its first year of laying eggs. |
| set |
of a hen, to sit on eggs. [1/25 definitions] |
| sitter |
a hen that is sitting on or hatching eggs; brooding hen. [1/2 definitions] |
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