• Cockerel

    Origin

    From Middle English cockerelle, equivalent to cock + -rel.

    Full definition of cockerel

    Noun

    cockerel

    (plural cockerels)
    1. A young male chicken.
      • Orwell Animal Farm|6He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour.

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