Langshann.
/ˈlaŋʃan/ A breed of domestic fowl, introduced from China (see quots.).
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1871 in A. C. C. & C. W. G. Langshan Fowls ii. 11 I send you some fowls by S. S. Achilles..they are black, and are called Langshans.
1884–5 L. Wright Poultry 227 About the year 1872..a fresh importation of black Chinese fowls was shown... At first shown as Cochins, they were very soon shown by their admirers as ‘Langshans’, which was alleged to be their native name in North China.
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