Meanings
nounmountain chicken (plural mountain chickens)
plural mountain chickens
- Leptodactylus fallax, a large edible frog native to Dominica and Montserrat.
Origin
Compound of mountain + chicken. So called because it is a local delicacy, supposed to taste like chicken.
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mountain chicken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20chicken
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“mountain chicken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20chicken. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mountain chicken,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20chicken.
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