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cockerels

cockerels is the plural of cockerel.

Meaning of cockerel

Noun

cockerel (plural cockerels)

  1. A young male chicken.
    • “Mrs. Boast can’t have got all these from one hatching,” [Ma] said. “I do believe there’s not more than two cockerels among them.” “The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this...1941, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie

Questions about cockerels

What is cockerels the plural of?
Cockerels is the plural of cockerel.

Words near cockerels in the dictionary

  1. cocker up
  2. cockered
  3. cockered up
  4. cockerel
  5. Cockerell
  6. cockerels
  7. Cockerham
  8. Cockerhams
  9. Cockerill
  10. cockering
  11. cockering up

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