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Araucana
[ ar-uh-kah-nuh ]
noun
- any of numerous varieties of domestic chickens derived from South American wild fowl, noted for producing pale blue, green, or pinkish eggs.
- a breed of Araucana, developed in the United States, having ear tufts and no tail.
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Example Sentences
And if you don't know your Royal Legbar from your Foghorn Leghorn, the firm helpfully explains the refined origins of the fowl: they are "from the renowned Legbar family and descended from the Araucana breed".
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.
A designer araucana egg on top becomes dressing when sliced open.
One bright spot — the pastel-colored eggs of Araucana hens, back from their winter break.
"I will," quoth the barber: "but see, I have here three more for you, the Araucana of Don Alonso de Ercilla; the Austirada of Juan Ruffo, a magistrate of Cordova; and the Monserrato of Christopher de Virves, a Valentian poet."
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