Araucana

[ar-uh-kah-nuh]

Ar·au·ca·na

[ar-uh-kah-nuh]
noun
1.
any of numerous varieties of domestic chickens derived from South American wild fowl, noted for producing pale blue, green, or pinkish eggs.
2.
a breed of Araucana, developed in the U.S., having ear tufts and no tail.
Also called Easter egg chicken.


Origin:
< American Spanish, feminine of araucano; see Araucan
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Araucana is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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