chicken hawk hen hawk | nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry |
Egyptian vulture Pharaoh's chicken Neophron percnopterus | small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia |
chicken snake | large North American snake |
chicken Gallus gallus | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs, believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl |
spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
prairie chicken prairie grouse prairie fowl | brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies |
greater prairie chicken Tympanuchus cupido | the most common variety of prairie chicken |
lesser prairie chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas |
chicken roundworm Ascaridia galli | intestinal parasite of domestic fowl |
Mother Carey's chicken Mother Carey's hen Oceanites oceanicus | medium-sized storm petrel |
chicken louse shaft louse Menopon palladum Menopon gallinae | a louse parasitic on poultry |
chicken coop coop hencoop henhouse | a farm building for housing poultry |
chicken farm | farm where chickens are raised for sale |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
chicken yard hen yard chicken run fowl run | an enclosed yard for keeping poultry |
c methamphetamine methamphetamine hydrochloride Methedrine meth deoxyephedrine chalk chicken feed crank glass ice shabu trash | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride, used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant |
chicken scratch | cramped or illegible handwriting |
chicken | a foolhardy competition, a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops |
chicken casserole | chicken cooked and served in a casserole |
chicken cacciatore chicken cacciatora hunter's chicken | chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style |
broth | a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock |
beef broth beef stock | a stock made with beef |
chicken broth chicken stock | a stock made with chicken |
broth stock | liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered, used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces, she made gravy with a base of beef stock |
chicken soup | soup made from chicken broth |
Scotch broth | a thick soup made from beef or mutton with vegetables and pearl barley |
purloo chicken purloo poilu | thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game, southern U.S. |
chicken stew | a stew made with chicken |
chicken mousse | mousse made with chicken |
chicken poulet volaille | the flesh of a chicken used for food |
chicken leg chicken drumstick | the lower joint of the leg of a chicken |
chicken wing | the wing of a chicken |
chicken liver | liver of a chicken used as meat |
chicken sandwich | a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken |
chicken feed scratch | dry mash for poultry |
chicken salad | salad composed primarily of chopped chicken meat |
chicken provencale | chicken cooked in a sauce made with tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil |
chicken and rice | rice and chicken cooked together with or without other ingredients and variously seasoned |
chicken Marengo | braised chicken with onions and mushrooms in a wine and tomato sauce |
chicken cordon bleu | thin slices of chicken stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed |
Maryland chicken | chicken fried than oven-baked and served with milk gravy |
chicken paprika chicken paprikash | chicken simmered in broth with onions and paprika then mixed with sour cream |
chicken Tetrazzini | chicken prepared in a cream sauce with mushrooms and served over pasta, usually topped with cheese |
chicken Kiev | pounded chicken cutlets rolled around butter (that has been seasoned with herbs) and then covered with crumbs and fried |
chicken taco | a taco with a chicken filling |
witches' brew witches' broth witch's brew | a fearsome mixture, a witches' brew of gangsters and terrorists, mixing dope and alcohol creates a witches' brew |
Chicken Little | a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling |
broth of a boy broth of a man | an outstanding person, as if produced by boiling down a savory broth |
wimp chicken crybaby | a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy |
young person youth younker spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |