Barnevelder

noun

Bar·​ne·​veld·​er

ˈbärnəˌveldər

plural -s

: a Dutch breed of large dual-purpose fowls laying numerous deep-brown eggs

Word History

Etymology

Dutch, from Barneveld, commune of eastern Netherlands + Dutch -er

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