κότα — meaning in English
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English meaning
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chicken
noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.
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coward
noun A person who lacks courage, especially someone who avoids danger or difficulty out of fear.
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hen
noun An adult female chicken, especially one kept for laying eggs.
Senses
κότα is used for these senses in English:
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chicken
(countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.
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coward
A person who lacks courage.
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hen
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
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hen
A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
chicken — full definition
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noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.
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noun The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
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noun (informal) A cowardly person.
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adj (informal) Cowardly; afraid to do something.
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verb (informal, usually with "out") To back out of something through fear.
