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Yardbird

/ˈjɑːd.bəːd/

A chicken.

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noun
  1. 1

    A chicken.

  2. 2

    A person who is imprisoned.

  3. 3

    A soldier who is required to perform menial work on the grounds of a military base.

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yard birdnounAlternative form of yardbird. [(chiefly US, slang) A chicken.]
birdnounAn 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.
chickennoun(countable) A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
chickingnounPronunciation spelling of chicken. [(countable) A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).]
feathered friendnoun(idiomatic) A bird.
landfowlnounAny of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species.
chicknoun(colloquial) An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman.
ornithonnounAn aviary; a poultry house.
fowlnounA 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.
gamefowlnounA game bird.
landbirdnounAny bird that lives mostly on or over land (though may migrate over water)
chick'nnounA meatless chicken substitute.
roosternoun(Canada, US, Kent, Australia, New Zealand) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
squabnounA young dove or pigeon.
cockbirdnounThe male of any bird.
chicklingnounA small chick or chicken; a baby chick.
birdienoun(golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
wetbirdnoun(UK, dialect) The chaffinch.
cockerelnounA young male chicken.
game birdnounA bird that is hunted for sport, especially one used for food.

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