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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
日本語 烏骨鶏
한국어 오골계
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

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

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