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noun • adult female chicken • adult female bird • flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing • female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster | ||||||||
| 31% | 4 | To nibble or peck at food | ||||||
noun • (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent • a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons • a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches • a light kiss • bite by a bird verb • hit lightly with a picking motion • eat by pecking at, like a bird • kiss lightly • eat like a bird • bother persistently with trivial complaints | ||||||||
| 25% | 12 | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, an example of this | ||||||
noun • use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | ||||||||
They Peck At Their Food Crossword Clue
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HENS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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HENS
Updated: October 11, 2023
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