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CAPON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Castrated male chicken

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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