Chianina

Chianina
/kee'euh nee"neuh/, n., pl. Chianini.
one of a large breed of beef cattle, originally of Italy, used also as a draft animal.
[ < It, fem. of chianino lit., pertaining to Chiana, a river and valley in Tuscany]

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