leghorn

Examples of leghorn in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Most Common Breed of Egg-Laying Chicken is the White Leghorn The breed was first imported to America in 1828 from the Italian port city of Livorno; leghorn is an anglicization of the city's name. Fox News, 29 Oct. 2015

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“Leghorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leghorn. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.

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