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The scientific name of a chicken is Gallus Gallus Domesticus. What does 'gallus' mean?

I think it is related to the Spanish gallo.

Samuel Muldoon
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    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gallus#Latin – Cairnarvon Feb 04 '23 at 04:31
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    I think the reason this is getting downvotes is that you seem to be just asking about the meaning of a Latin noun. Did you check a Latin dictionary? If so, what further questions remained for you? – brianpck Feb 04 '23 at 14:54

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Nothing too exciting, I'm afraid—it means "chicken". Or rather, "rooster", since it's a masculine noun. Its descendants can be seen in e.g. Spanish gallo and Portuguese galo.

There's also an unrelated noun Gallus, meaning "Gaul" (i.e. person from France).

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  • "Theoretically, the bird could have been denominated 'the Gaulish one' (Gallus), but there are no indications that chicken were regarded as having come from Gaul." (de Vaan) – fdb Feb 05 '23 at 16:06