Rhode Island Red

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Rhode Island Red

Any of an American breed of domestic fowls having dark reddish-brown feathers.

Rhode Island Red

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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 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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