Wyandotte

[ wahy-uh n-dot ]

/ ˈwaɪ ənˌdɒt /

a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.

one of an American breed of chickens, raised for meat and eggs.

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Wyandot

[ wahy-uh n-dot ]

/ ˈwaɪ ənˌdɒt /

an Indian of the former Huron confederacy.

a dialect of the Huron language, especially as used by those elements of the Huron tribe regrouped in Oklahoma.

The next day Dever the stage driver told us O'mie was going up to Wyandotte on business.

The Price of the Prairie |Margaret Hill McCarter
Foremost rode Henry Chatillon, our guide and hunter, a fine athletic figure, mounted on a hardy gray Wyandotte pony.

The Oregon Trail |Francis Parkman, Jr.
The long rifle he carried had a fancifully carved stock, once the pride of a veteran Wyandotte chief.

Rodney, the Ranger |John V. Lane
I knew a man—he was a good man, 'ome born—who was signal quartermaster in the Wyandotte.

The Wrecker |Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

They are of a reddish-brown color, about the weight of the Wyandotte, with yellow legs.

A Guide for the Study of Animals |Worrallo Whitney

Wyandotte

/ (ˈwaɪənˌdɒt) /

a heavy American breed of domestic fowl with many different varieties

C19: from Wyandot, a N American Indian people