cockerel
/kok-er-uhl, kok-ruhl/US // ˈkɒk ər əl, ˈkɒk rəl //UK // (ˈkɒkərəl, ˈkɒkrəl) //
公鸡,雄鸡,鸡公鸡,鹦鹉
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a young domestic cock.
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Examples
That matter of the black cockerel—trifling as it might seem—would have to be cleared up.
So Sir Dagonet always went armed; though he bore upon his shield the device of a cockerel's head as a symbol of his calling.
After that poultry fanciers call the young male a cockerel and the young female a pullet.
The word "pullet" is also used by others, but the popular names for a cockerel are crower and young rooster.
After the sex can be distinguished, the terms cockerel and pullet are applied to turkeys in the same way as to fowls.
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