The term “rooster” originated in the United States as a puritan euphemism to avoid the sexual connotation of the original English word “cock”.
Rooster For other uses, see Rooster (disambiguation). “Cockadoodledoo” and “Cocka-doodle-doo” redirect here. For the nursery rhyme, see Cock a doodle doo. Wild rooster on the Hawaiian island of Kauai A rooster, also known as a cockerel or cock, is a male gallinaceous bird, with cockerel being younger and rooster being an adult male chicken (Gallus […]