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A hen is female and a cockerel is a young male.

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Can you list 100 examples of gender of noun birds?

Some gender nouns for birds are:cob, pen (swan)cock, chantelle (partridge)cock, hen (blue jay)cock, hen (crow)cock, hen (dove)cock, hen (finch)cock, hen (guinea fowl)cock, hen (gull)cock, hen (heron)cock, hen (hummingbird)cock, hen (lark)cock, hen (lyrebird)cock, hen (magpie)cock, hen (nightingale)cock, hen (ostrich)cock, hen (parrot)cock, hen (pheasant)cock, hen (pigeon)cock, hen (quail)drake, hen (duck)gander, goosepeacock, peahenrooster, hen (chicken)tercel, falcontiercel, hen (hawk)tom, hen (turkey)Many types of birds do not have specific gender nouns, for example, penguins or woodpeckers are simply called male and female.


Does cock opposite gender?

For birds/chickens Masculine ; Cock Feminie ; Hen.


How do you tell the difference between a goldfinch cock and hen?

The male is a bright yellow in spring and summer, with a black cap, wings, and tail. The female is a dull olive green bird, with blackish wings and tail. In winter the male moult makes him resemble his mate, and he will regain his summer colors in the spring moult.


What is the opposite gender to cock?

a cockerel is a male chicken at the age of 4months up until they reach 12months and then become a rooster. the opposite to a rooster is a hen. the opposite to cockerel is a female chicken from the age of 4months to 12months that is called a pullet.


Cock is to hen as colt is to?

Mare


What is a female cock call?

Hen


What is the feminine form of cock?

A young male bird under 6 months is a cock, a young female under 6 months is a pullet. After they are over 6 months they become known as a rooster and a hen.


What is the opposite gender of a hen?

A roosterRooster or cock. The word HEN means a female chicken. HENPECKED means a man who is controlled by his wife. The opposite of HENPECKED is COCKPECKED which means who is a woman controlled by her husband. Because, the opposite of the word HEN is COCK.


What is the opposite of cock?

In species where the male is called a cock, the female is generally called a hen.


What is the opposite gender of pigeon?

A male pigeon is a cock and a female pigeon is a hen.


What is word for where hen and cock live?

Chicken coop or hen house.


What is the opposite word of cock?

There is no antonym, the opposite gender would be hen.