Description

A rooster, also known as a cockerel or cock, is a male gallinaceous bird, with cockerel being younger and rooster being an adult male chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).

The term “rooster” originated in the United States as a puritan euphemism to avoid the sexual connotation of the original English “cock”,[1][2] and is widely used throughout North America. “Roosting” is the action of perching aloft to sleep at night, which is done by both sexes.