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leghorn definition

leg·horn (leg′hôrn′, leg′ərn)

noun

  1. any of a breed of small, domestic chicken with white feathers, originating in the Mediterranean region: the prevalent egg-producing breed in the U.S.
    1. a plaiting made of an Italian wheat straw, cut green and bleached when dry
    2. a hat, typically broad-brimmed, made of this straw
Leghorn definition

Leg·horn (leg′hôrn′, -ərn)

seaport in Tuscany, W Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: pop. 166,000

Etymology: altered by folk etym. < It Livorno

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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