White Rock

noun

1

: a white domestic fowl of the Plymouth Rock breed

2

: any heavy-bodied white domestic fowl as distinguished from a white leghorn or a colored fowl

—used especially in the live poultry market

Word History

Etymology

white entry 1 + (Plymouth) rock

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