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Plymouth Rock|ˌplɪməθˈrɒk|
[The spot at which the passengers of the Mayflower landed in New England in 1620.]
Name of a breed of domestic fowls of American origin, characterized by large size, ashen or grey plumage barred with blackish stripes, and yellow beak, legs, and feet.
1873in L. Wright Bk. Poultry (1874) 436 Our modern Plymouth Rock fowl is in no way whatever connected with the Plymouth Rock produced by Dr. Bennett some twenty-five years since, from a cross with the Asiatic fowls. 1892J. K. Fowler Echoes Old Country Life 238 Another capital race is the Plymouth Rocks bred by the Americans from, I think, a cuckoo-coloured fowl and the Cochin. 1900Field 23 June 903/2 The Plymouth rock, a useful second class general utility fowl, is not as popular as it was. |