"silkie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪlki/ Forms: silkies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlki Head templates: {{en-noun}} silkie (plural silkies)
  1. 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). Translations (breed of chicken): 竹絲雞 (Chinese Cantonese), 竹丝鸡 (zuk¹ si¹ gai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 烏骨雞 (Chinese Mandarin), 乌骨鸡 (wūgǔjī) (Chinese Mandarin), silkkikana (Finnish), 烏骨鶏 (ukokkei) (alt: うこっけい) (Japanese), cáy đăm (Tày), gà ác (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-silkie-en-noun-NyaVsN9J Disambiguation of 'breed of chicken': 87 13
  2. Alternative spelling of selkie. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: selkie Categories (lifeform): Chickens
    Sense id: en-silkie-en-noun-wAAnaDPf Disambiguation of Chickens: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Tày translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Tày translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: silky

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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