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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying [syn: fryer, frier, pullet]

Merriam Webster's

also frier noun Date: 1851 something intended for or used in frying: as a. a young chicken b. a deep utensil for frying foods

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also frier) 1 a person who fries. 2 a vessel for frying esp. fish. 3 US a chicken suitable for frying.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fryers) A fryer is a type of deep pan which you can use to fry food in hot oil. N-COUNT: oft n N

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Bantam, Cornish hen, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, birdling, broiler, brooder, broody hen, caille, calf, canard, caneton, capon, catling, chanticleer, chapon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chickling, chicky, cock, cockerel, colt, cub, dindon, dogie, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, faisan, fawn, fledgling, foal, fowl, game fowl, gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, grouse, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, kid, kit, kitten, lamb, lambkin, litter, nest, nestling, oie, partlet, partridge, pheasant, pigeon, pigeonneau, piglet, pigling, polliwog, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry, pullet, pup, puppy, quail, roaster, rooster, setting hen, shoat, spring chicken, squab, stewing chicken, tadpole, tom, tom turkey, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, volaille, weaner, whelp, wild duck, yeanling