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Meaning of silkie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsɪlki

Definitions

  1. 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).
  2. Alternative spelling of selkie.
    alt-of, alternative

Equivalents

Deutsch Seidenhuhn
Suomi silkkikana
Italiano moroseta
한국어 오골계
Tagalog ulikba
Tiếng Việt gà ác ô cốt kê ô kê

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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