Araucana
Americannoun
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any of numerous varieties of domestic chickens derived from South American wild fowl, noted for producing pale blue, green, or pinkish eggs.
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a breed of Araucana, developed in the United States, having ear tufts and no tail.
Etymology
Origin of Araucana
First recorded in 1920–25; from Latin American Spanish (Colombia), feminine of araucano; see Araucan
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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
This year she has also graced us with her Martha by Mail product catalog, each item--like the set of "Araucana egg soaps"--a homage to muted chic.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Araucana is agreeably savage in its first part without being ferocious and fastidiously civilised in the sequels without being contemptible.
From Initiation into Literature by Sir Home Gordon, Bart.
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