pullet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pullet	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pullet n flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying Synonym(s): fryer, frier, pullet young hen usually less than a year old
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pullet \Pul"let\, n. [OE. polete, OF. polete, F. poulette, dim. of poule a hen, fr. L. pullus a young animal, a young fowl. See {Foal}, and cf. {Poult}, {Poultry}, {Pool} stake.] A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl. {Pullet sperm}, the treadle of an egg. [Obs.] --Shak.