Gallus gallus

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Gallus gallus - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl chicken domestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl chick, biddy - young bird especially of domestic fowl rooster, cock - adult male chicken capon - castrated male chicken biddy, hen - adult female chicken spring chicken - a young chicken having tender meat Rhode Island red - American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken Dominick, Dominique - American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs Orpington - English breed of large chickens with white skin chicken, poulet, volaille - the flesh of a chicken used for food
	2.	Gallus gallus - a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl red jungle fowl gallina, jungle fowl - small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl