hen


Definition: Meaning of, hen in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hɛn /

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Singular Plural
hen hens
[countable]
  1. an adult female chicken
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  2. a fully grown female bird
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hen used in phrases

  • Mother Carey's hen (noun)
    1. medium-sized storm petrel
  • Rock Cornish hen (noun)
    1. flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting
  • brood hen (noun)
    1. a domestic hen ready to brood
  • broody hen (noun)
    1. a domestic hen ready to brood
  • fat hen (noun)
    1. european plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb
  • guinea hen (noun)
    1. especially of hens flesh of a guinea fowl
    2. female guinea fowl
  • guinea-hen flower (noun)
    1. eurasian chequered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and chequered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
  • heath hen (noun)
    1. extinct prairie chicken
    2. female black grouse
  • hen harrier (noun)
    1. common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land
  • hen hawk (noun)
    1. nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry
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