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Synonyms for Chicken (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy):
crybaby

WordNet sense 2 (the flesh of a chicken used for food):
poulet, volaille

WordNet sense 3 (a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl):
Gallus gallus

WordNet sense 4 (easily frightened):
chickenhearted, lily-livered, yellow, white-livered, yellow-bellied

WordNet sense 5 (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted):
cowardly


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