Houdan

American  

[hoo-dan] / ˈhu dæn /

noun

1. one of a French breed of chickens having a V -shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or black plumage.

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Houdan British  

/ ˈhuːdæn /

noun

1. a breed of light domestic fowl originally from France, with a distinctive full crest

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Etymology

Origin of Houdan

First recorded in 1870–75; after Houdan, village near Paris where these hens were bred

Example Sentences

The six dead birds were Minorcas; the seventh was a Houdan with a mop of feathers all over its eyes. 

From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki

In one corner lived a ragged-plumaged Houdan hen, on which the boy lavished an affection that had scarcely another outlet.

From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki

"It is not good for him to be pottering down there in all weathers," she promptly decided, and at breakfast one morning she announced that the Houdan hen had been sold and taken away overnight.

From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki

Houdan, hōō′dang, n. a valued breed of domestic fowls, orig. from Houdan in Seine-et-Oise.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

This condition is found in the Houdan and Dorking breeds.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard