chicken leg

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chicken leg

noun chicken legs

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, leg. The leg of a chicken.

    Similar: drumstick

  2. slang The genetically disadvantaged or otherwise underdeveloped shank of a man.
  3. in plural, slang Someone with underdeveloped leg muscles. Hey chicken legs, stop skipping leg day!

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noun leg of a chicken, as food

Españolmuslo de pollo
한국어닭다리 dakdari
中文雞腿 /鸡腿 jītuǐ
Françaispatte de poulet
DeutschHühnerbein
Русскийкури́ная но́жка kurínaja nóžka, но́жка Бу́ша nóžka Búša

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@misc{chicken_leg_2026,
  title = {chicken leg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chicken%20leg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}