leghorn
See also: Leghorn
English
Alternative forms
- Leghorn (chicken breed)
Etymology
Mid 18th century: from Leghorn (“Livorno”), the place the straw and fowls were imported from.
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a leghorn chicken
Noun
leghorn (countable and uncountable, plural leghorns)
Translations
small white chicken breed
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛx.ɦɔrn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: leg‧horn
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