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Percheron
 
SYLLABICATION:Per·che·ron
PRONUNCIATION:  pûrch-rn, -sh-
NOUN: Any of a breed of gray or black draft horse originally used in France for drawing artillery and heavy coaches but now bred in other countries for general purposes.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Perche, a historical region of northwest France.
 
 
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