Spatchcock vs. Poussin: What's the Difference?

Spatchcock and Poussin Definitions
Spatchcock
A dressed and split fowl for roasting or grilling.
Poussin
A chicken reared to be eaten at a few weeks of age.
Spatchcock
To prepare (a dressed fowl) for roasting or grilling by splitting open.
Poussin
A Cornish game hen.
Spatchcock
To introduce or interpose, especially in a labored or unsuitable manner
"Some excerpts from a Renaissance mass are spatchcocked into Gluck's pallid Don Juan music" (Alan Rich).
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Poussin
French painter in the classical style (1594-1665)
Spatchcock
Poultry which has been cut along the spine and spread out for more even cooking.
Spatchcock
(cooking) To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking.
For the party, he spatchcocked and grilled some chickens.
Spatchcock
(figuratively) Often followed by in or into: to interpolate or insert (something into another thing); to sandwich (something within another thing).
Spatchcock
See Spitchcock.
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Spatchcock
Flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)
Spatchcock
Prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock;
Spatchcock a guine hen
Spatchcock
Interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story