Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of an American breed of domestic chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers.
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- proper noun A breed of
poultry .
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- noun American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the end of the first egg producing cycle the chickens were slaughtered for meat because the Rhode Island Red was a dual purpose breed. ...
Photo Essay: Peace Corps Volunteers Share 50 Years of Memories 2011
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I was famous there mainly for my Rhode Island Red chickens that miracously produced an egg a day during their first egg production cycle.
Photo Essay: Peace Corps Volunteers Share 50 Years of Memories 2011
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As I walked past a pudgy child who looked to be three and a half, shoeless in a tie-dyed shirt and playing with a squirt gun, I heard a horse neigh and watched a couple of proud looking Rhode Island Red hens scamper across the yard with their combs quivering.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Mind like water, I am clearing the bean rows when a Rhode Island Red, finally a juvenile in full plumage, catches my attention.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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The offenders are a pair of the blue Plymouth Rocks and a Rhode Island Red.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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Mind like water, I am clearing the bean rows when a Rhode Island Red, finally a juvenile in full plumage, catches my attention.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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The offenders are a pair of the blue Plymouth Rocks and a Rhode Island Red.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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As I walked past a pudgy child who looked to be three and a half, shoeless in a tie-dyed shirt and playing with a squirt gun, I heard a horse neigh and watched a couple of proud looking Rhode Island Red hens scamper across the yard with their combs quivering.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Lily's Rhode Island Red and my Mille Fleur were easy to read — mellow.
The Chicken Chronicles Sandra Knauf 2010
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The offenders are a pair of the blue Plymouth Rocks and a Rhode Island Red.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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