- Rock Cornish
-
a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed esp. as a roaster. Also called Rock Cornish game hen, Rock Cornish hen.[1955-60]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
Rock Cornish
Look at other dictionaries:
Rock Cornish — noun small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl • Hypernyms: ↑domestic fowl, ↑fowl, ↑poultry • Part Meronyms: ↑Rock Cornish hen … Useful english dictionary
Rock Cornish — noun see Rock Cornish hen … New Collegiate Dictionary
Rock Cornish (hen) — or Rock Cornish n. CORNISH (sense 2b) * * * … Universalium
Rock Cornish (hen) — or Rock Cornish n. CORNISH (sense 2b) … English World dictionary
Rock Cornish (hen) — or Rock Cornish n. CORNISH (sense 2b) … English World dictionary
Rock Cornish — Rock′ Cor′nish n. cvb orn a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and white Plymouth Rock chickens Also called Rock′ Cor nish game′ hen . Etymology: 1955–60 … From formal English to slang
Rock Cornish hen — noun Date: 1956 a crossbred domestic chicken produced by interbreeding Cornish and white Plymouth Rock chickens and used especially for small roasters called also Rock Cornish, Rock Cornish game hen … New Collegiate Dictionary
Rock Cornish hen — noun flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting • Hypernyms: ↑poultry • Part Holonyms: ↑Rock Cornish * * * Rock Cornish hen, a small hybrid fowl bred by crossing a Cornish chicken with a white Plymouth Rock, eaten as a delicacy … Useful english dictionary
Rock Cornish game hen — noun see Rock Cornish hen … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cornish — or Rock Cornish (hens) [kôr′nish] adj. of Cornwall or its people, language, or culture n. 1. the Celtic language spoken in Cornwall until c. 1800, closely related to Breton and Welsh 2. pl. Cornish a) any of a British breed of chicken with meat… … English World dictionary
