chicken
n.— «If small halibut in Alaska are referred to as “chickens,” then our first few fish would have been chicks.» —“Lighten up on gear” by Dave Atcheson Anchorage Daily News (Alaska) May 4, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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