Rhode Island Red


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Rhode Island Red

n.
Any of an American breed of domestic chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers.
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Rhode Island Red

n
(Breeds) a breed of domestic fowl, originating in America, characterized by a dark reddish-brown plumage and the production of brown eggs
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Rhode` Is′land Red′


n.
one of an American breed of chickens having dark reddish brown feathers and producing brown eggs.
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Noun1.Rhode Island Red - American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chickenRhode Island red - American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken
Gallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
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