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CAPON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Castrated male chicken
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("capon" is a kind of...):
chicken; Gallus gallus (a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl)
Derivation:
caponise; caponize (convert a cock into a capon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flesh of a castrated male chicken
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("capon" is a kind of...):
chicken; poulet; volaille (the flesh of a chicken used for food)
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