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chicken

Domesticated bird (specifically a red junglefowl) kept by humans primarily as a food source

Species / taxonorganisms known by a particular common namemodel organismtaxonQ780

Also known as Gallus gallus domesticus · chickens · vistas

Scientific name
  • Gallus gallus domesticus
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115 statements · 23% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

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  • 🐔
MCN code
  • 0105.94.00
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69 identifiers linking chicken across the web's reference databases