silkie en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɪlki/
Etymology
From silk + -ie.
Meanings
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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).
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.
2016 February 10, “Parallel Evolution of Polydactyly Traits in Chinese and European Chickens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| silky | alternative | lexicographic | |
| silkies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (38)
za gaeqnoh'o (breed of chicken) · vi ô cốt kê (breed of chicken) · vi ô kê (breed of chicken) · sv silkeshöns (breed of chicken) · za gaeqgi (breed of chicken) · za gaeqo (breed of chicken) · yue 烏雞 /乌鸡 (breed of chicken) · nan-hbl 烏絨雞 /乌绒鸡 (breed of chicken) · vi gà ác (breed of chicken) · tyz cáy đăm (breed of chicken) · hak 熊雞 /熊鸡 (breed of chicken) · nl morenhoender (breed of chicken) · nl morenhoen (breed of chicken) · nan-hbl 絨雞 /绒鸡 (breed of chicken) · cmn 烏骨雞 /乌骨鸡 (breed of chicken) · ko 오골계 (breed of chicken) · ja 烏骨鶏 (breed of chicken) · tl ulikba (breed of chicken) · nl negerhoen (breed of chicken) · fi silkkikana (breed of chicken) · nan-hbl 白絨雞 /白绒鸡 (breed of chicken) · za gaeqnohfonx (breed of chicken) · cmn 烏雞 /乌鸡 (breed of chicken) · nl negerhoender (breed of chicken) · za gaeqnohndaem (breed of chicken) · it moroseta (breed of chicken) · pl kura jedwabista (breed of chicken) · nl zijdehoen (breed of chicken) · cjy 黑雞 /黑鸡 (breed of chicken) · fr nègre-soie (breed of chicken) · fr poule soie (breed of chicken) · za gaeqoujgi (breed of chicken) · za gaeqnwxndaem (breed of chicken) · da silkehøns (breed of chicken) · nan-hbl 烏骨雞 /乌骨鸡 (breed of chicken) · de Seidenhuhn (breed of chicken) · nan-hbl 烏雞 /乌鸡 (breed of chicken) · yue 竹絲雞 /竹丝鸡 (breed of chicken)