Meanings
silkie1
nounsilkie (plural silkies)
plural silkies · alternative silky
- A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers, blue-black skin and bones, and five toes per foot (instead of the usual four).
Our results also identified the causative mutation of polydactylous Silkie was not exist in other nonpolydactyly chickens, suggesting that SNP of polydactyly in Silkie has fully penetrated all other indigenous Chinese chicken breeds.
2016 February 10, “Parallel Evolution of Polydactyly Traits in Chinese and European Chickens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
silkie2
Origin
silkie · noun
- Old Chinese絲 (*sə)der.?
- Ancient Greekσήρ (sḗr)
- Ancient Greekσηρῐκός (sērĭkós)
- Late Latinsēricus
- Proto-West Germanic*seluk
- Old Englishseolc
- Old Norsesilkiinflu.?
- Middle Englishsilk
- Englishsilk
- Englishsilkie
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 竹絲雞 /竹丝鸡, 烏雞 /乌鸡
- 竹絲雞 /竹丝鸡 (zuk¹ si¹ gai¹)breed of chicken
- 烏雞 /乌鸡 (wu¹ gai¹)breed of chicken
Chinese Mandarin 烏骨雞 /乌骨鸡, 烏雞 /乌鸡
- 烏骨雞 /乌骨鸡 (wūgǔjī)breed of chicken
- 烏雞 /乌鸡 (wūjī)breed of chicken
Danish silkehøns
- silkehønsbreed of chicken
Dutch zijdehoen, morenhoender
- zijdehoenbreed of chicken
- morenhoenderbreed of chicken
- morenhoenbreed of chicken
- negerhoenderbreed of chicken
- negerhoenbreed of chicken
Finnish silkkikana
- silkkikanabreed of chicken
French poule soie, nègre-soie
- poule soiebreed of chicken
- nègre-soiebreed of chicken
German Seidenhuhn
- Seidenhuhnbreed of chicken
Italian moroseta
- morosetabreed of chicken
Japanese 烏骨鶏
- 烏骨鶏 (ukokkei)breed of chicken
Korean 오골계
- 오골계 (ogolgye)breed of chicken
Polish kura jedwabista
- kura jedwabistabreed of chicken
Swedish silkeshöns
- silkeshönsbreed of chicken
Tagalog ulikba
- ulikbabreed of chicken
Vietnamese gà ác, ô cốt kê
- gà ácbreed of chicken
- ô cốt kêbreed of chicken
- ô kêbreed of chicken
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with silkie
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Cite this entry
APA
silkie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkie
MLA
“silkie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silkie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkie.
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