nonchicken

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adjective

Not of or pertaining to chickens or their meat.

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Meanings

adjectivenonchicken (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot of or pertaining to chickens or their meat.

    This was the case with some AI viruses isolated from nonchicken species.

    2008, Erica Spackman, Avian influenza virus
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    Psychological questioning showed that nearly two out of three housewives like to think of eggs in terms of food dishes or other nonchicken, nonfarm associations.

    1962, National poultry digest, Volume 21

    The ovalbumin and conalbumin promoters did not function in chicken fibroblasts, kidney cells, and a number of nonchicken cells.

    1990, R D Crawford, Poultry breeding and genetics

Origin

From non- + chicken.

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APA

nonchicken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchicken

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“nonchicken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchicken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonchicken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchicken.

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