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Dor·king (dôr

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A heavy-bodied domestic fowl having five toes on each foot and raised chiefly for table use.

[After Dorking, an urban district of southern England.]

Dorking [ˈdɔːkɪŋ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a heavy breed of domestic fowl

[after Dorking, town in Surrey]

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Dorking - an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled)

domestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

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