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pullet

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pul·let

[pool-it]
–noun
a young hen, less than one year old.

Origin:
1325–75; ME polet < MF poulet, dim. of poul cock < L pullus chicken, young of an animal; akin to foal
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pullet (ˈpʊlɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a young hen of the domestic fowl, less than one year old
 
[C14: from Old French poulet chicken, from Latin pullus a young animal or bird]

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pullet
mid-14c., "young fowl," from Anglo-Fr. pullet, O.Fr. poulette, dim. of poule "hen," from V.L. *pulla, fem. of L. pullus "young animal, young fowl." Technically, a young hen from the time she begins to lay until the first molt.
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