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Rock Cornish (hens)

Variant of Cornish

adjective

of Cornwall or its people, language, or culture

noun

  1. the Celtic language spoken in Cornwall until c. 1800, closely related to Breton and Welsh
  2. pl. Cornish
    1. any of a Brit. breed of chicken with meat of a particularly good quality
    2. any of a breed of miniature chicken crossbred from a Cornish chicken and a Plymouth Rock chicken
      popularly called Cornish hen

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