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16:32 Jun 1, 2003 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Science - Zoology | ||||
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| Selected response from: Fuad Yahya | |||
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5 +7 | chickens |
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5 +5 | chicks |
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5 +4 | cocks is perfectly correct though you could use "roosters" if you prefer. |
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5 +4 | Young birds |
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5 | What I'd like to suggest is stick to your kind of explanation or it may be confusing for the reader |
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chicks Explanation: baby chickens are <chicks> and rather than <cocks> in the U.S. we would say <roosters> But if you don't need to break them out by sex, I would simply use <chicks> |
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