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Cockerel, peacock, cockatoo, cockatiel, snowcock, watercock, woodcock, Willcock's honeyguide, red-cockeded woodpecker, Andean cock-of-the-rock, cock-tailed tyrant, etc. Why do so many birds have "cock" in their name?

by /u/mirthquake in /r/askscience

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