The word for folder has an interesting history. It came into English in the 16th century from the French verb filer, to string on a thread. This relates to storing documents by tying them together with string. It comes from the Latin filum, meaning thread, from which we also get our word filament.
Common misspellings of the word chicken are: 1  chicken in french. 2  chicken in spanish. 3  chicken in german. 4  chicken in italian. 5  chicken in portuguese.
Glossary of Poultry Terms. Bantam - a chicken breed that is one third to one half the size of a standard breed. Giblets - the parts of a chicken carcass that consist of the heart, gizzard and liver. Hen - adult female poultry including chicken, turkey, duck, pigeon, pheasant, etc. Hen feathered- the characteristic of some breeds of chickens where the male has rounded feathers (rather than pointed) like those of a female. Hock - the 'knee' joint of a bird.