pullet

Noun
Synonyms: fryerfrier

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for fryingSynonyms: fryerfrierType of chicken, poulet
  2. young hen usually less than a year oldType of hen, biddy
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pul′let noun

Origin: OE. polete, OF. polete, F. poulette, dim. of poule a hen, fr. L. pullus a young animal, a young fowl. See Foal, and cf. Poult, Poultry, Pool stake.

A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.

Pullet sperm, the treadle of an egg. obsolete William Shakespeare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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