Campine

noun

Cam·​pine

(ˈ)kam¦pēn,

-äm-

: a European breed of gold-colored or silver-colored domestic fowls that resemble the Hamburgs but that have a single comb

Word History

Etymology

from Campine, district in northern Belgium, where it was developed

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