The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticatedfowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a population of more than 19 billion in 2011, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird or domestic animal. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs.
Noun 1. the flesh of a chicken used for food (synonym) chicken, volaille (hypernym) poultry (hyponym) broiler (part-holonym) chicken, Gallus gallus (part-meronym) breast, white meat