Leghorn meaning

lĕg'hôrn', -ərn
Any of a breed of small, hardy domestic chickens of Mediterranean origin, noted for prolific production of eggs.
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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.
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Seaport in Tuscany, W Italy, on the Ligurian Sea.
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A type of dried wheat straw, fabric made from it, or a hat made from that fabric.
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A member of a breed of chickens.

The cartoon character 'Foghorn Leghorn' was obviously not actually a leghorn because he was much too big.

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(dated) The town of Livorno in Italy.
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A breed of mostly white poultry.
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Origin of leghorn

  • After Leghorn
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Leghorn Sentence Examples

  • He died near Leghorn on the 25th of June 1868.

  • There are in Italy six clearing houses, namely, the ancient one at Leghorn, and those of Genoa, Milan, Rome, Florence and Turin, founded since 1882.

  • He reminded her of a Banty rooster facing it off with a big Leghorn.

  • There is daily steam communication (often interrupted in bad weather) with Civitavecchia from Golfo degli Aranci (the mail route), and weekly steamers run from Cagliari to Naples, Genoa (via the east coast of the island), Palermo and Tunis, and from Porto Torres to Genoa (calling at Bastia in Corsica and Leghorn) and Leghorn direct.

  • On being liberated he returned to Tuscany, and the grand duke Leopold II, knowing that he was popular with the masses, sent him to Leghorn to quell the disturbances.

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