A rooster also known as a cockerel or cock is a male gallinaceous bird, usually a male chicken (Gallus gallus). Mature male chickens less than one year old are called cockerels. The term `rooster` originates in the United States, and the term is widely used throughout North America, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The older terms `cock` ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster
[application] Rooster is a mobile reading service for iOS7. == Features == For a $4.99 monthly fee, Rooster releases fiction installments to users` phones. Each set of selections comprises one classic and one contemporary novel or novella. Each installment is also optimized towards the average, fifteen-minute commute. The works can be as lo... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster_(application)
[zodiac] The Rooster ({zh|t=雞/鷄|s=鸡}) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rooster is represented by the Earthly Branch character 酉. == Years and associated Five Elements == Persons born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster_(zodiac)
(from the article `domestication`) The first domesticated hens perhaps were used for sport; cockfighting was instrumental in bringing about the selection of these birds for larger ... ...(mature hens and younger pullets) are raised for meat and for their edible eggs; farmers have developed numerous breeds and varieties to fulfill ... ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/66
Roost'er noun The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [ U.S.] « Nor, when they [ the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the neck of a rooster , did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George.» W. Irving. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/92