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" or
"cockerel", the latter denoting a young cock, are used in the United
Kingdom and Ireland.
"Roosting" is the
action of perching aloft to sleep at day, which is done by both sexes.
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