Definition of "toms" [toms]

• Plural form of tom. (noun)

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• "Or will pecking order force certain toms and jakes to choose other roost sites?"
• "Males, called toms, have distinctive spurs on their legs and beards - tufts of modified feathers - growing out of their chests."
• "Their description of what the job entailed, from extracting semen from the "toms" to working as "breakers" -- i.e., grabbing panicked hens so the inseminator can inject them -- is gruesome."