In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'cock' is the noun for a male of the following species:
The noun 'cock' is a gender specific noun for a male:
bird in general
chicken
dove
finch
guinea fowl
gull
heron
hummingbird
jay
lark
lobster
lyrebird
magpie
nightingale
ostrich
parrot
partridge
peafowl
pheasant
pigeon
quail
raven
salmon
The corresponding gender specific noun for these species is hen.
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