"cackleberry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkakl̩bɛɹi/ [UK] Audio: En-au-cackleberry.ogg [Australia] Forms: cackleberries [plural]
Etymology: From cackle + berry, from the sound of a hen and the rounded shape of an egg. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cackle|berry}} cackle + berry Head templates: {{en-noun}} cackleberry (plural cackleberries)
  1. (slang, now rare) An egg. Tags: archaic, slang Categories (lifeform): Eggs Synonyms: cackle-fart, cackle fruit
    Sense id: en-cackleberry-en-noun-lRjns9c7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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