adj
Meaning 1
Similar to a chicken or an aspect of a chicken
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a chickenlike beak
- a chickenlike noise
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
chickenlike
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adj
Meaning 2
Similar to chicken (the meat)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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adv
Meaning 3
In a chickenlike manner
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: postpositional
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English chicken Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English chickenlike From chicken + -like.