As a noun cockerel
is a young male chicken.
As a verb caponize is
to castrate a cockerel in order to fatten it for table use.
cockerel
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A young male chicken.
*
- He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour.
Related terms
* cock
See also
* chicken
* hen
* rooster
caponize
English
Verb
(caponiz)
to castrate a cockerel in order to fatten it for table use