Animals and what their meats are called. Humans also have a name for their own meat.

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Good morning KIB students.
You are welcome to class.

Today, we shall look at animals and what their flesh could be called.

Let us start with chicken. Chicken is the general layman's term for the species Gallusgallus domesticus. (domesticated fowl). The meat gotten from chicken is most specifically called  chicken too.

In some cases, the meat of chicken can be correctly called fowl or poultry.

Fowl ,according to Oxford  dictionary, is the flesh of domesticated birds as food; poultry.

It means that the flesh of turkey, goose, duck etc can be called fowl.
"a stew of various meats and fowl".

Fowl isn't just a chicken. A Fowl can also be a turkey or a goose(plural: geese).

A hen is a female chicken.
A cock is a male chicken. In American English , a cock is also called a rooster.
A young male chicken is called a cockerel .
A castrated male chicken is called a 'capon'.

Some native speakers believe that any meat less commonly eaten will also use the common species name. Example, seal, snake, cougar, alligator etc .

In some cases, the meat of some animals does not share the common name with the animal. Some of these names were adopted during the time French people ruled over Britain.

Cattle = beef
Note: it is very vital to know that the use of cow to refer to cattle is wrong. A Cow is a mature female cattle or ox.

The meat gotten from  a calf (a young cattle) is called veal.

Meat from a deer is called Venison.

Meat from pig is called pork.

Meat from sheep is called mutton.
Meat from lamb (young sheep) is called lamb.

Meat from mature goat can be called chevon or mutton.

Meat from a young goat is called cabrito.

But generally, meat gotten from goat is also commonly called goatmeat.

The meat of domesticated pigeon is called squab.

The flesh of a snail is called escargot.

Alright the class with King Ifey is done and dusted.

I would be on the next plane to Hague. I will also see  The Hitman's Bodyguard while I am there. I hear it was a thrilling chase...LOL.

*walks out of the class and peeps through the window.

Um, by the way the flesh of a human is called longpig.

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