Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Langshan. Search instead for xiangsheng.

Langshan

American  
[lang-shan] / ˈlæŋ ʃæn /

noun

  1. 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


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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

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

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training