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The Finnish word for chicken is
kana





chicken



Translations for chicken and their definitions

kana
     1. n. chicken (domestic fowl of species Gallus gallus,)
     2. n. hen (female chicken)
     3. n. chicken (meat from this bird eaten as food)
     4. n. (taxonomy) gallinaceous (when used as modifier in some compound terms)
           kanalintu = gallinaceous bird
     5. n. (derogatory) hen (unintelligent, talkative woman)
     6. n. (archaic) woman, sweetheart
     7. n. kana (Japanese syllabary)


kananpoika
     1. n. chick, pullet, chicken (young hen)
     2. n. chicken (meat of young hen)


broileri
     1. n. broiler (chicken suitable for broiling)
     2. n. chicken grown for food, rather than production of eggs
     3. n. chicken (meat of such bird as food)


pelkuri
     1. n. coward


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