cockbird

English

noun
Definitions
  • The male of a game bird, especially of a pheasant.
  • The male of any bird.

Etymology

Compound from English cock (penis, male domestic chicken, a shock pile of grain, diminutive suffix, male, a roundish heap, rooster) + English bird.

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English

bird

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