Orpington

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Or·ping·ton

(ôr′pĭng-tən)

Any of a breed of large, heavily feathered domestic chickens having a single comb, originally bred in England for both meat and eggs.

[After Orpington, a district of southeast England.]

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Orpington

(ˈɔːpɪŋtən)

1. (Breeds) a heavy breed of domestic fowl of various single colours, laying brown eggs

2. (Breeds) a breed of brown duck with an orange bill

Orpington

(ˈɔːpɪŋtən)

(Placename) a district of SE London, part of the Greater London borough of Bromley from 1965

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Orpington - English breed of large chickens with white skin

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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