Is the "cock that crows" in Luke 22:34 not an actual rooster but a man that calls for prayer?

Is the "cock that crows" in Luke 22:34 not an actual rooster but a man that calls for prayer?

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Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.” Luke 22:34 NIV

https://news.ag.org/Features/Sometimes-a-Rooster-is-Not-a-Rooster

This article from the Assemblies of God relates how ancient Jewish phrases in the Bible can be taken too literally and not understood by today’s culture. It claims that the "cock that crows" is an ancient term used to describe the man who blows the shofar early in the morning to wake up everyone to prayer.

What evidence is there for this claim, that the "cock" was a person not an animal?

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