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roost·er
(ro͞o′stər)n.
1.
a. An adult male chicken.
b. An adult male of certain other birds.
2. A person regarded as cocky or pugnacious.
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rooster
(ˈruːstə)n
(Animals) chiefly US and Canadian the male of the domestic fowl; a cock
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roost•er
(ˈru stər)n.
1. the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
2. Informal. a cocky person.
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| Noun | 1. |  rooster - adult male chicken Gallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl cockerel - a young domestic cock; not older than one year |
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ديكدِيك
kohout
hane
خروس
kukko
pijetao
hani
おんどり
수탉
gallus
gaidys
cocoş
petelin
tupp
jogoo
ไก่ตัวผู้
gà trống
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rooster
n → Hahn m
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roost
(ruːst) noun a branch etc on which a bird rests at night.
verb (of birds) to sit or sleep on a roost.
ˈrooster noun (especially American) a farmyard cock.
rule the roost to be the person in a group, family etc whose orders, wishes etc are obeyed.
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rooster
→ دِيك kohout hane Hahn κόκορας gallo kukko coq pijetao gallo おんどり 수탉 haan hane kogut galo петух tupp ไก่ตัวผู้ horoz gà trống 公鸡Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009