From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cockcrow \Cock"crow\, Cockcrowing \Cock"crow'ing\, noun The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning; the first light of day.
Syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {morning}, {aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunrise}, {sunup}] [ant: {sunset}]
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