Domestic+fowls

  • 111asiatic class — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : a group of breeds of domestic fowls supposed to have originated in eastern Asia and containing the Brahmas, Cochins, and Langshans, all consisting of large heavy birds that have feathered legs and red ear lobes …

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  • 112black spanish — noun Usage: usually capitalized B&S : an old Mediterranean breed of glossy black domestic fowls with blue legs and white faces …

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  • 113cambar — ˈkamˌbär noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Campine + barred Rock : a breed of autosexing domestic fowls with the male chicks pale gray striped with brown and the females much darker that was developed in England from crosses of barred… …

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  • 114campine — (ˈ)kam|pēn, äm noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Campine, district in northern Belgium, where it was developed : a European breed of gold colored or silver colored domestic fowls that resemble the Hamburgs but that have a single… …

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  • 115european chicken flea — noun Usage: usually capitalized E : a flea (Ceratophyllus gallinae) native to northern Europe that has become a serious pest of domestic fowls in parts of northern and western No. America …

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  • 116lakenvelder — ˈläkənˌveldə(r) noun Etymology: modification of German Lakenfelder 1. usually capitalized : a German breed of strikingly marked black and white domestic fowls somewhat resembling leghorns 2. s sometimes capitalized : a bird of the Lakenvelder… …

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  • 117lamona — ləˈmōnə noun Etymology: probably from Lamona, Wash. 1. usually capitalized : an American breed of white, short legged domestic fowls 2. s often capitalized : any bird of the Lamona breed …

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  • 118legbar — ˈlegˌbär noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Leghorn + barred rock : a breed of autosexing domestic fowls developed by crossing brown leghorns with barred rocks …

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  • 119maran — məˈran noun Etymology: Marans, town in western France 1. usually capitalized : a French breed of domestic fowls that lay many large dark brown eggs 2. s often capitalized : a fowl of the Maran breed …

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  • 120minorca — mə̇ˈnȯrkə, nȯ(ə)kə noun Etymology: Minorca, second largest of the Balearic islands off the east coast of Spain 1. usually capitalized : a breed of domestic fowls of the Mediterranean class resembling the Leghorns but larger 2. s often… …

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