chick

a general name given to:

(a)

a penguin chick with its mother/father

 

a general name for a baby of most kinds of birds

 

 

 

(b)

a chick with its mother, the domestic hen/chicken

 

a chicken – the domesticated fowl – hens (and cocks) – kept for their meat and eggs

 

group ~~ brood, clutch

voice (call) ~~ cheep; chirp; tweet

Note: Most of the babies of  birds, other than the domestic chicken, are given names of their own, e.g. a baby guinea fowl = keet; a baby duck = duckling; a baby swan = signet; a baby turkey = poult, a baby owl = owlet, etc.

Figures of Speech:
1.

a chick

 

a chick (noun)  =  a young attractive girl or woman

2.

a white hen’s chick  =  a spoilt child, because of too much petting

3.

as snug as a chick in wool  =  warm and comfortable

4.

like a three half penny chick in a wheat stubble [said of someone in difficulties or unhappy]

5.

You cannot expect the chicks to scratch for the old hen. [said of young people who do not support their old parents]

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