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Hen Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hen? [n] female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster [n] adult female bird [n] adult female chicken [n] flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hen: biddy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hen: Bantam \| banty \| barn-door fowl \| barnyard fowl \| biddy \| bird \| bitch \| bossy \| broad \| broiler \| brood mare \| brooder \| broody hen \| capon \| chanticleer \| chick \| chickabiddy \| chicken \| chicky \| cock \| cockerel \| cow \| dame \| doe \| doll \| domestic fowl \| drake \| duck \| duckling \| dunghill fowl \| ewe \| ewe lamb \| filly \| fowl \| fryer \| game fowl \| gander \| gobbler \| goose \| gosling \| guinea cock \| guinea fowl \| guinea hen \| gyp \| heifer \| hen turkey \| hind \| Jane \| jenny \| lioness \| mare \| minx \| nanny \| nanny goat \| Partlet \| peahen \| poulard \| poult \| poultry \| pullet \| roaster \| roe \| rooster \| setting hen \| she-bear \| she-goat \| she-lion \| skirt \| slut \| sow \| spring chicken \| stewing chicken \| tigress \| tom \| tom turkey \| tomato \| turkey \| turkey gobbler \| turkey-cock \| vixen \| wench See Also \| bird \| brood hen \| broody \| broody hen \| cackler \| chicken \| chicken \| female \| Gallus gallus \| layer \| poulet \| pullet \| setting hen \| sitter \| volaille Hen In Webster's Dictionary \Hen\, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[ae]n; akin to D. hen, OHG. henna, G. henne, Icel. h?na, Dan. h["o]na; the fem. corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn, Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing, and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. {Chanticleer}.] (Zo["o]l.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen. Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen. {Hen clam}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A clam of the {Mactra}, and allied genera; the sea clam or surf clam. See {Surf clam}. (b) A California clam of the genus {Pachydesma}. {Hen driver}. See {Hen harrier} (below). {Hen harrier} (Zo["o]l.), a hawk ({Circus cyaneus}), found in Europe and America; -- called also {dove hawk}, {henharm}, {henharrow}, {hen driver}, and usually, in America, {marsh hawk}. See {Marsh hawk}. {Hen hawk} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of large hawks which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk ({Buteo borealis}), the red-shouldered hawk ({B. lineatus}), and the goshawk.

Hen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hen?

[n] female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
[n] adult female bird
[n] adult female chicken
[n] flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hen: biddy

Hen In Webster's Dictionary

\Hen\, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[ae]n; akin to D. hen, OHG.
henna, G. henne, Icel. h?na, Dan. h["o]na; the fem.
corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn,
Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing,
and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. {Chanticleer}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse,
pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray
hen.

Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the
      female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.

{Hen clam}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A clam of the {Mactra}, and allied genera; the sea clam
    or surf clam. See {Surf clam}.
(b) A California clam of the genus {Pachydesma}.

{Hen driver}. See {Hen harrier} (below).

{Hen harrier} (Zo["o]l.), a hawk ({Circus cyaneus}), found in
   Europe and America; -- called also {dove hawk}, {henharm},
   {henharrow}, {hen driver}, and usually, in America, {marsh
   hawk}. See {Marsh hawk}.

{Hen hawk} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of large hawks
   which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk
   ({Buteo borealis}), the red-shouldered hawk ({B.
   lineatus}), and the goshawk.

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