chanticleer

chanticleer
/chan"teuh klear'/, n. Now Literary.
a rooster: used as a proper name in medieval fables.
Also, chantecler /chan"teuh klair'/.
[1250-1300; ME Chauntecler < OF Chantecler n. use of v. phrase chante cler sing clear. See CHANT, CLEAR]

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