Pullet



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 小母鸡
• ［英］ n. 小母鸡 ( a young hen during its first year of laying eggs)
• ［类］ filly : horse / pullet : chicken ( 小母马和马 / 小母鸡和鸡)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English polet, from Anglo-French pullet young bird, chicken, diminutive of pulle, poule young animal, from Late Latin pullus, from Latin, young animal, chicken, sprout — more at foal
• Date: 14th century
• a young hen; specifically a hen of the domestic chicken less than a year old

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