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Rooster

/ˈɹuːstə/

A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.

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noun

1
A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
2
A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
3
An informer.
4
A violent or disorderly person.

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cocknoun	A male bird, especially:
poultrynoun	Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
chickennoun	(countable) A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
birdnoun	An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
pignoun	(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
catnoun	Terms relating to animals.
kidneynoun	An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
potnoun	A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
bratnoun	(derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
geezernoun	(informal, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated in the US) A male person.
calendarnoun	Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
timetablenoun	A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.
dognoun	A mammal of the family Canidae:
cockerelnoun	A young male chicken.
crownoun	A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
cockbirdnoun	The male of any bird.
cock-robinnoun	A male robin.
yardbirdnoun	(chiefly US, slang) A chicken.
rood goosenoun	(Southwest Scotland) The barnacle goose.
fowlnoun	A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.