cockerel
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒk.ər.əl/us/ˈkɑː.kɚ.əl/ayoungmalechicken
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Hens
- bantam
- broiler
- chick
- chicken
- chook
- cock
- fryer
- rooster
- A long-legged, flying cockerel keeled over and began to kick.
- On a Friday morning it was that a fox, or perhaps a cat, made away with Mrs. Ashton's most prized black cockerel, a bird without a single white feather on its body.
- Suppose you flap your wings, and crow for us, like a fighting cockerel.
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We have already had a reference this afternoon to thecockerelfeathering his nest while the hen sits on the eggs.
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Cockerels, cowslips and violets are disappearing from many people's lives.
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Thecockerelis very much more objectionable than the hen, however, in the noise that it makes.
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I remember being shown a chicken run which had housed about 30 hens and several cockerels.
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If the injected pellet affects all the parts of thecockerel, why should it not affect the flesh?
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I notice that devoicing of cockerels is now a prohibited operation.
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Formerly one could not keep acockerelin the backyard of a council house.
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Is she saying that people who live in the countryside should no longer be able to keep cockerels, a tradition going back many centuries?
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I said in my opening remarks that barking dogs, peacocks, pea hens, cockerels and other animals are dealt with under existing legislation.
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The sound of acockerelis becoming as scarce as the sight of a beautiful violet or cowslip.
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He obviously enjoys the role of chiefcockerel.
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Very often also, they are not prepared for thecockerelwhich wakes them up at dawn, and complain bitterly about it.
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For the purpose of production, one must not leave out thecockerel.
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We also try to assist the bee-keeping association and have acockerel-breeding scheme.
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Many people living in suburban areas, including my constituency, like to keep a henhouse and cockerels in their gardens.
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