silkie

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silkie^¹

/ˈsɪlki/

Rhymes with -ɪlki

noun silkies · silky

A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers, blue-black skin and bones, and five toes per foot (instead of the usual four). Our results also identified the causative mutation of polydactylous Silkie was not exist in other nonpolydactyly chickens, suggesting that SNP of polydactyly in Silkie has fully penetrated all other indigenous Chinese chicken breeds.

silkie^²

/ˈsɪlki/

Rhymes with -ɪlki

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noun silkies

alternative Alternative spelling of selkie

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noun breed of chicken

한국어	오골계 ogolgye
日本語	烏骨鶏 ukokkei
中文	烏骨雞 /乌骨鸡 wūgǔjī, 烏雞 /乌鸡 wūjī
Français	poule soie, nègre-soie
Deutsch	Seidenhuhn
Italiano	moroseta
Tiếng Việt	gà ác, ô cốt kê, ô kê

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@misc{silkie_2026,
  title = {silkie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/silkie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}