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gallus gallus::noun | Spocien Dictionary

gallus gallus

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a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

Type	Words
Synonyms	chicken
Type of	domestic fowl, fowl, poultry
Has types	chick, biddy, cock, dominick, dominique, hen, spring chicken, orpington, capon, rhode island red, rooster

gallus gallus

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a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl

Type	Words
Synonyms	red jungle fowl
Type of	jungle fowl, gallina

gallus gallus

Gallus also means a castrated priest, proving the Romans had a word for everything, except maybe gallus and taurus.

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