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Hou⋅dan

  [hoo-dan]
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–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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Hou·dan   (hōō'dān')   
n.  A domesticated fowl characterized by black-and-white plumage and a V-shaped comb.

[French, after Houdan, a village of north-central France.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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