Araucana

American  

[ar-uh-kah-nuh] / ˌær əˈkɑ nə /

noun

1. any of numerous varieties of domestic chickens derived from South American wild fowl, noted for producing pale blue, green, or pinkish eggs.

2. a breed of Araucana, developed in the United States, having ear tufts and no tail.

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Etymology

Origin of Araucana

First recorded in 1920–25; from Latin American Spanish (Colombia), feminine of araucano; Araucan

Example Sentences

The chickens are kept in two separate flocks, each containing three different breeds – Vega Brown, California White Leghorn, and Araucana, the last of which lays blue eggs, which are prized by bedazzled Berkeleyans.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2015

And at the movable chicken house, Brooklyn schoolchildren examined eggs, while Araucana, Silver Speckled Hamburg and Naked Neck breeds pecked at their feet.

From New York Times • May 27, 2010

She will never crow over serving eggs laid by her own Araucana hens.

From Time Magazine Archive

She has six palatial homes, four Chow dogs, six Himalayan cats and nearly 150 Araucana chickens.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are of the Araucana race, and appear to be a sept between that race and the people of Tierra del Fuego, on the one side, and the Pampas Indians on the other.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina