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ROCK CORNISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rock Cornish mean?
• ROCK CORNISH (noun)
The noun ROCK CORNISH has 1 sense:
1. small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl
Familiarity information: ROCK CORNISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Rock Cornish" is a kind of...):
domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)
Meronyms (parts of "Rock Cornish"):
Rock Cornish hen (flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting)
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