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alt. 1 A breed of chicken, with very fine, silk-like feathers. 2 (alternative spelling of selkie English) A creature of Irish, Scottish, Icelandic, and Faroese mythology which can transform from a seal to a human (usually a woman). n. 1 A breed of chicken, with very fine, silk-like feathers. 2 (alternative spelling of selkie English) A creature of Irish, Scottish, Icelandic, and Faroese mythology which can transform from a seal to a human (usually a woman).
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The Silkie (sometimes spelled Silky) is a breed of chicken named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk, and satin. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as black skin and bones, blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot, whereas most chickens only have four. They are often exhibited in poultry shows, and appear in various colors. In addition to their distinctive physical characteristics, Silkies are well known for their calm, friendly temperament. It is among the most docile of poultry. Hens are also exceptionally broody, and care for young well. Though they are fair layers themselves, laying only about three eggs a week, they are commonly used to hatch eggs from other breeds and bird species due to their broody nature.
A Silkie is a breed of domestic chicken. Silkie also may refer to:
- Silkie, guinea pig of one specific variety
- Silkie, fictional character in Teen Titans animation series on television
- Silkie, mythical species a.k.a. Selkie that passes for both seal and human
- the Silkies, a superhuman race in the science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt.
- The Silkie, English folk group
- Silkie, a dubstep artist
Usage examples of "silkie".
Henri Bouvier had provided for her in ice-filled tubs, Silkie threw her hands up and decided to call it quits.
So innocent of restraint, unfettered by decorum and arousingly sensual, she was a beauty of mythical proportions, like a silkie rising from the sea in woman's form, come to tempt some mortal man.
In his struggle with the Kibmadine the year before, he had learned things about body control that were known to no other Silkie, since it had been decided by the Silkie Authority that he must not communicate to other Silkies the newly gained abilities.