Bantam

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various breeds of very small domestic fowl that are often miniatures of members of larger breeds.
  • n. A small but aggressive and spirited person.
  • adj. Diminutive; miniature.
  • adj. Aggressive and spirited.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any of several small chickens, especially one that is a miniature version of another
  • adj. small or miniature
  • adj. spirited or aggressive
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A general name for a number of varieties of the common hen possessing the characteristic of very diminutive size.
  • n. Same as Bantam-work.
  • Pertaining to or resembling the bantam; of the breed of the bantam; hence, diminutive; puny; absurdly combative, or fussy and consequential.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various small breeds of fowl
  • adj. very small
  • Equivalent
    little    small   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    poultry    fowl    domestic fowl   
    Cross Reference
    dwarf   
    Form
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Phantom    phantom   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    banty    barndoor    dunghill    deep    breastmilk    red-and-black    free-range    egg-laying    Zambian    gallic