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PERCHERON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Percheron mean?
• PERCHERON (noun)
The noun PERCHERON has 1 sense:
1. one of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery
Familiarity information: PERCHERON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Percheron" is a kind of...):
draft horse; draught horse; dray horse (horse adapted for drawing heavy loads)
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