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Pronunciation : Chick"en
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, k?ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. k?chkein. See Cock the animal.]
Definition : 1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. "Stella is no chicken." Swift. Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; - - so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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