rose comb

American  

noun

1. a low comb with rounded points and a rear-extending spike of some breeds of chickens, as Wyandotte.

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Etymology

Origin of rose comb

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

They are readily recognized by their peculiar rose comb with its long, spikelike projection in the back, their red face, white ear lobes, and bluish legs.

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Diagram to illustrate the nature of the F2 generation from the cross of rose comb � pea comb.

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Before leaving this topic we may draw attention to some experiments which offer a pretty confirmation of the view that the rose comb is a single to which a modifying factor for roseness has been added.

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The white one with the rose comb had come and settled on the palings in front of the house, within a few yards of them, and his notes thrilled their ears through, dwindling away like echoes down a valley of rocks.

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First prize     Rose Comb Blues, cockerel.

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