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  • noun A type of poultry notable for laying blue or green eggs.

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Examples

  • The verse is better than that of Ercilla's "Araucana"; it treats successively of the deeds of the principal Spaniards who distinguished themselves in America, beginning with Columbus, and is an invaluable source for the colonial history of northern South

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • His "Araucana" turns upon the Spanish campaigns against the Araucanian Indians in South

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Nay, was not the "Araucana," which Spain acknowledges as its epic, written without even the aid of paper; on scraps of leather, as the stout fighter and voyager snatched any moment from that wild warfare?

    The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885

  • 'Araucana' of Don Alonso de Ercilla, the 'Austriada' of Juan Rufo,

    Don Quixote 2002

  • 'Araucana' of Don Alonso de Ercilla, the 'Austriada' of Juan Rufo,

    Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • 'Araucana' of Don Alonso de Ercilla, the 'Austriada' of Juan Rufo,

    The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • "Now, here come three together: the 'Araucana' of Don Alonzo de Ercilla, the 'Austriada' of

    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • She decided she wanted to find a black chicken, to pair with Garrett, and Zora hoped to find either another Cochin or an Araucana.

    The Chicken Chronicles Sandra Knauf 2010

  • I chalked it up to an excess of vital spirit from the new rooster, Cazimir, a white Araucana, just coming into his powers.

    The H.D. Chronicles, chapter 1 2010

  • It might be an Araucana, the kind that lays green eggs, or a stately Blue Andalusian, with its uptight posture and blue feathers.

    Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

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