bantam

ban·tam  (bntm)

n.

1. Any of various breeds of very small domestic fowl that are often miniatures of members of larger breeds.

2. A small but aggressive and spirited person.

adj.

1. Diminutive; miniature.

2. Aggressive and spirited.

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[After Bantam, former town in Indonesia from which such fowl were thought to have originated.]

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bantam [ˈbæntəm]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) any of various very small breeds of domestic fowl

2. a small but aggressive person

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Boxing) Boxing short for bantamweight

4. (Team Sports / Hockey (Field & Ice)) Canadian

a.  an age level of between 13 and 15 in amateur sport, esp ice hockey

b.  (as modifier) bantam hockey

[after Bantam village in Java, said to be the original home of this fowl]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bantam - any of various small breeds of fowl domestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
Adj.	1.	bantam - very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" diminutive, flyspeck, midget, petite, tiny, lilliputian little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

Translations

bantam [ˈbæntəm] N → gallina f bántam

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bantam [ˈbæntəm]

n (= chicken) → poule f naine

modif [rooster, cock, hen] → nain(e); [egg] → de poule naine

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bantam

n → Bantamhuhn nt

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bantam [ˈbæntəm] n → gallo "bantam"

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bantam [ˈbæntəm] n → gallo "bantam"

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bantam

n bantam [ˈbӕntəm]

a small variety of domestic fowl She keeps bantams; (also adjective ) a bantam cock. kapokhoender, kapokkie دَجاج صَغير، بَنْطَم порода дребни кокошки bantamka; malý dværghøns; bantamhøns das Zwerghuhn;Zwerghuhn-... όρνιθα «μπάνταμ» gallinilla de Bantam kääbuskana پرندۀ کوچک خانگی kääpiökana coq nain, poule naine תַּרנֶגוֹל בַּנטַם एक प्रकार का चूजा bantamska kokoš bantambaromfi ayam katai smávaxið hænsnakyn gallo/gallina“bantam” ちゃぼ 밴텀닭 bantamų veislės višta pundurvista; pundurgailis; neliels; mazgabarīta- ayam katik bantammer dverghøns removed garnizé găină/cocoş de Bantam мелкопородные куры liliputka (sliepka, kohút) pritlikav bantamska kokoška dvärghöns, bantam- ไก่แจ้ Çin tavuğu 矮腳雞 бентамка چھوٹی قسم کا اصیل مرغ gà bantam 矮脚鸡