Langshan

American

[lang-shan] / ˈlæŋ ʃæn /

noun

one of a breed of large, black or white, white-skinned Asiatic domestic chickens, having a single comb and feathered shanks and producing dark-brown eggs.

Etymology

Origin of Langshan

1870–75; after Langshan ( Chinese lángshān ), county and town in N China

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Langshan

The year following the Langshan winning, the first eleven winning pens were all S.C.W.

From The Dollar Hen by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings

The principal so-called meat breeds are the Brahma, Cochin, and Langshan.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Charles William Burkett

Langshan, lang′shan, n. a small black Chinese hen.

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

Sex-linked inheritance in domesticated birds shown here in a cross between barred Plymouth Rock male and black Langshan female.

From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Thomas Hunt Morgan

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