Wyandotte

[ wahy-uhn-dot ]

/ ˈwaɪ ənˌdɒt /

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noun, plural Wy·an·dottes for 2, 3; (especially collectively for 3) Wy·an·dotte.

a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.

one of an American breed of chickens, raised for meat and eggs.

Wyandot.

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Words nearby Wyandotte

WWI, WWII, WWW, WY, Wyandot, Wyandotte, Wyandotte Cave, Wyatt, wych-, wych elm, Wycherley

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How to use Wyandotte in a sentence

A unit was installed on the roof of a BASF manufacturing plant in Wyandotte, Michigan for testing.
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Wyandotte’s rate of premature death is double Johnson’s rate, according to NIH data.
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Wyandotte, meanwhile, stands out as being more diverse, with residents who suffer from far more chronic illness.
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Very proud of her family was Mother Wyandotte when the little yellow balls began to run about.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson

But Mother Wyandotte didn't bother about anything so high in the sky as the sun and the rooster.
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And now it had turned out a real little duckling, that black little fellow Mother Wyandotte was scolding so.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
I don't believe Step-father Wyandotte really cared very much.
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If Shawnee meet Wyandotte bringing venison to his lodge does he ask him where he got it and take it from him?
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British Dictionary definitions for Wyandotte

Wyandotte

/ (ˈwaɪənˌdɒt) /

noun

a heavy American breed of domestic fowl with many different varieties

Word Origin for Wyandotte

C19: from Wyandot, a N American Indian people

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