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Look up: capon

  1. Capon
    A castrated rooster that makes a good roasting bird. It ranges in size from four to ten pounds and has plenty of breast and thigh meat. Its size makes it an ideal choice for serving eight to twelve. May require special ordering from your butcher.
    Found on http://www.chowbaby.com/10_2000/glossary

  2. Capon
    The culinary term for castrated chicken that is fed on a special diet until it is slaughtered at the age of 6 to 9 months. Considered by most to be the best eating chicken available.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fishmeat.shtml

  3. capon
    [n] - flesh of a castrated male chicken 2. [n] - castrated male chicken
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. capon
    male fowl castrated surgically before having reached sexual maturity Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Capon
    A male fowl castrated for the purpose of improving the quality of the flesh.
    Found on http://www.mandytonks.net/womensinstitut

  6. Capon
    Ca'pon (kā'p'n or kā'pŭn; 277) noun [ Middle English capon , chapoun , Anglo-Saxon capūn (cf. French chapon ), Latin capo , from Greek ka`pwn akin to ko`ptein to cut, OSlav. skopiti to castrate. Confer Comma .] A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/21

  7. Capon
    Ca'pon transitive verb To castrate; to make a capon of.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/21

  8. capon
    noun castrated male chicken
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. capon
    noun flesh of a castrated male chicken
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Capon
    A `capon` is a cockerel (a male chicken) whose reproductive organs were removed at a young age. Typically, the castration is performed when the chicken is between 6 and 20 weeks old. The benefits are a non-aggressive male that can serve as a mother for baby chicks. They also produce ample, tender meat when butchered and as such are a choice poultry meat in some locales. Due to the high fat content, they are self-basting. The caponisation of p...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capon

  11. Capon
    • (v. t.) To castrate; to make a capon of. • (n.) A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. capon
    (from the article `poultry`) ...in many jurisdictions), but most immature males (cockerels) are castrated (in modern times usually chemically, with hormones that cause atrophying ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/20

  13. capon
    1. flesh of a castrated male chicken
    2. castrated male chicken

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