Definition of Leghorns

1. Noun. (plural of leghorn) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leghorns

1. leghorn [n] - See also: leghorn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leghorns

legginesses
legging
legging it
leggings
leggins
leggism
leggisms
leggo
leggy
leghaemoglobin
leghair
leghairs
leghemoglobin
leghold
leghorn
leghorns (current term)
legibilities
legibility
legible
legibleness
legibly
legific
legin
legion
legionaire
legionaire's disease
legionaries
legionary
legionary ant
legioned

Literary usage of Leghorns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by California Legislature (1886)
"One pair Black leghorns, cockerel and pullet RG Head Three pairs Brown leghorns, ... One pair Brown leghorns, cock and hen ¡ AL Nichols— Two pairs Brown ..."

2. Poultry Culture Sanitation and Hygiene by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1920)
"The Mediterranean class includes five breeds, as follows: leghorns, ... There are eight varieties of leghorns, as follows: Single and Rose Comb White, ..."

3. Agriculture by William Penn Brooks (1911)
"There are also rose- comb Brown and White leghorns. ... leghorns are among the best of layers and rank among the most popular breeds. ..."

4. Principles and Practice of Poultry Culture by John Henry Robinson (1912)
"Brown leghorns have had at various times infusions of blood of the Black-Red Pit Game ; White leghorns, infusions of the blood of the White Minorca ..."

5. Poultry Breeding and Management by James Dryden (1916)
"WHITE leghorns Averaged 208.8 eggs in the Starrs 1913-14 Competition. ... WHITE leghorns Winning pen in the Panama-Pacific International egg-laying ..."

6. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Among leghorns the brown variety is perhaps more uniform in type than any ... White leghorns arc supposed to be a sport from one of the other leghorns. ..."

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