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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 692572 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain stockbreedinggeneral zoology
fowl preferred
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

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 702949 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain foodstuffs - production - products - trade
kana preferred
  • 1.siia alla kuuluvad kõik selle liigi isased (kuked) ja emased (kanad) isendid
  • kana - kodulind (Gallus domesticus), terminit „kana“ kasutatakse nii emaskana kohta kui ka üldnimetusena emaste kanade ja isaste kanade - kukkede kohta
kana preferred
kodukana
Gallus domesticus preferred
Usage examples
  • 1. The chicken (Gallus domesticus) was domesticated in southern Asia at least 4,000 years ago from a parental stock of one or more species of jungle fowl.
  • 2. This Regulation lays down Community marketing standards for certain types and presentations of poultrymeat of the following species as referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75: - Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowls.
hen

Loomakasvatuse terminibaas

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

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