Asiatic class

noun

: a group of breeds of domestic fowls supposed to have originated in eastern Asia and containing the Brahmas, Cochins, and Langshans, all consisting of large heavy birds that have feathered legs and red ear lobes and lay brown-shelled eggs compare mediterranean class

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