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Rock Cornish (hens)
Variant of Cornish
adjective
of Cornwall or its people, language, or culture
noun
- the Celtic language spoken in Cornwall until c. 1800, closely related to Breton and Welsh
- pl. Cornish
- any of a Brit. breed of chicken with meat of a particularly good quality
- any of a breed of miniature chicken crossbred from a Cornish chicken and a Plymouth Rock chickenpopularly called Cornish hen
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