pullet

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pullet
    n 1: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
         [syn: {fryer}, {frier}, {pullet}]
    2: young hen usually less than a year old
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pullet \Pul"let\, n. [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.
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   {Pullet sperm}, the treadle of an egg. [Obs.] --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "pullet":
      Bantam, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, birdling,
      broiler, brooder, broody hen, calf, capon, catling, chanticleer,
      chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chickling, chicky, cock, cockerel,
      colt, cub, dogie, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling,
      dunghill fowl, fawn, fledgling, foal, fowl, fryer, game fowl,
      gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, guinea cock, guinea fowl,
      guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, kid, kit, kitten, lamb, lambkin,
      litter, nest, nestling, partlet, piglet, pigling, polliwog,
      poulard, poult, poultry, pup, puppy, roaster, rooster, setting hen,
      shoat, spring chicken, stewing chicken, tadpole, tom, tom turkey,
      turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, weaner, whelp, yeanling

    

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