Plymouth Rock

any of a breed of domestic chicken with white or gray, barred plumage: formerly raised esp. for its eggs and meat, now usually kept for crossbreeding

Origin: after Plymouth Rock

boulder at Plymouth, Mass., where the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have landed in 1620

See Plymouth Rock in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Any of an American breed of medium-sized domestic fowl raised for both meat and eggs.

Origin:

Origin: After Plymouth Rock, legendary landing place of the Pilgrims in 1620

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