[Attrib. use of the name of the river.] A variety of domestic fowl, said to have been first brought from Lakhimpur, on the River Brahmaputra, in 1846; now usually abbreviated as Brahma.
1851. in Wright, Bk. Poultry (1885), 245. The only question is whether they are Grey Shanghaes or Brahmapootras.
1885. Wright, Bk. Poultry, 268. The most common error … is that of confounding the Brahma type with the Cochin.
