(n.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe
the chich
the dwarf pea
the gram.
(n.) Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.
chickabiddy
(n.) A chicken
a fowl
also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.
chickadee
(n.) A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America
-- named from its note.
chickaree
(n.) The American red squirrel (Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry.
chickasaws
(n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.