ban ‧ tam /ˈbæntəm/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: Bantam place in Java from where the birds were thought to have been brought to Europe ]
a type of small chicken
ban ‧ tam /ˈbæntəm/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: Bantam place in Java from where the birds were thought to have been brought to Europe ]
a type of small chicken
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012