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chicken

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 06.11.2024

Meanings

1
munade ja liha pärast peetav, eeskätt emane kodulind

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2
terve kana või kanalt eraldatud liha toiduna
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3
kanalt saadud liha toiduna
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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 692572 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain stockbreedinggeneral zoology
fowl preferred
chicken
hen
  • the chicken, a bird raised for food
  • hen - the female of the common domestic or barn-door fowl, the male of which is the cock. As in the domestic state the females greatly exceed in number the cocks kept, and their economic importance is more prominent, the word hens is also used in some connexions as = ‘domestic fowls’ without regard to sex.
fowl preferred
Usage examples
  • ... 'poultry' shall mean fowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, quails, pigeons, pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs for consumption, or for re-stocking supplies of game ...
chicken
hen

Loomakasvatuse terminibaas

ID 478127 Last modified 20.11.2023
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hen
Huhn
  • lind kanaliste seltsis; kodukana
hen
Huhn
Henne

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