Hae primo dicebantur, quae ex Medica propter magnitudinem erant allatae quaeque ex iis generatae, postea propter similitudinem amplae omnes.
Those were called so originally which, because of their size, were imported from Media, and the descendants of these; but later on all large hens got the name on account of their likeness.
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