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Definition of Leghorns
1. leghorn [n] - See also: leghorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leghorns
Literary usage of Leghorns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by California Legislature (1886)
"One pair Black leghorns, cockerel and pullet RG Head Three pairs Brown leghorns,
... One pair Brown leghorns, cock and hen ¡ AL Nichols— Two pairs Brown ..."
2. Poultry Culture Sanitation and Hygiene by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1920)
"The Mediterranean class includes five breeds, as follows: leghorns, ... There are
eight varieties of leghorns, as follows: Single and Rose Comb White, ..."
3. Agriculture by William Penn Brooks (1911)
"There are also rose- comb Brown and White leghorns. ... leghorns are among the
best of layers and rank among the most popular breeds. ..."
4. Principles and Practice of Poultry Culture by John Henry Robinson (1912)
"Brown leghorns have had at various times infusions of blood of the Black-Red Pit
Game ; White leghorns, infusions of the blood of the White Minorca ..."
5. Poultry Breeding and Management by James Dryden (1916)
"WHITE leghorns Averaged 208.8 eggs in the Starrs 1913-14 Competition. ...
WHITE leghorns Winning pen in the Panama-Pacific International egg-laying ..."
6. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Among leghorns the brown variety is perhaps more uniform in type than any ...
White leghorns arc supposed to be a sport from one of the other leghorns. ..."
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