Houdan

 [hoo-dan]  

Hou·dan

   [hoo-dan]
noun
one of a French breed of chickens having a V-shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or black plumage.
Origin:
1870–75; after Houdan, village near Paris where these hens were bred
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Houdan is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Houdan (ˈhuːdæn)
 
—n
a breed of light domestic fowl originally from France, with a distinctive full crest
 
[C19: named after Houdan, village near Paris where the breed originated]

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