n. The young of the domestic hen: in this sense now less exact than chick.n. A domestic or barn-yàrd fowl, especially one less than a year old.n. The young of some birds other than the domestic hen.n. A common name of the pinnated grouse or prairie-hen (prairie-chicken), Cupidonia cupido (see cut under Cupidonia), and of the sharp-tailed grouse, Pediæcetes phasianellus.n. A person of tender years; a child: sometimes used as a term of endearment, or with a negative (no chicken), in satirical implication of mature years.n. A name applied with a qualifying adjective to various fishes, as in the north of Ireland to the Atherina presbyter, called the Portaferry chicken.n. A kind of turtle whose shell is used in commerce.n. Embroidery, especially embroidery upon muslin.