hen : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a domestic hen ready to brood
  broody hen; sitter; broody; brood hen.
  

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• noun a domestic hen ready to brood
  broody hen; sitter; broody; brood hen.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer it is the state bird of New Mexico .

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Da"ker hen`

Etymology

Perh. fr. W. crecial the daker hen; crec a sharp noise (creg harsh, hoarse, crechian to scream) + iar hen; or cf. D. duiken to dive, plunge.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The corncrake or land rail.

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• noun European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb
  allgood; Chenopodium bonus-henricus; wild spinach; good-king-henry.
  

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• noun female black grouse
  gray hen; grayhen; greyhen; grey hen.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse.

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• noun female black grouse
  gray hen; grayhen; greyhen; grey hen.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (N. meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (N. cristata) is a finer species.

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• noun flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens)
  
• noun female guinea fowl
  

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• noun Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
  checkered daffodil; snake's head fritillary; Fritillaria meleagris; leper lily.
  

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• (Bot.), a liliaceous flower (Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen.

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• noun extinct prairie chicken
  Tympanuchus cupido cupido.
  
• noun female black grouse
  gray hen; grayhen; greyhen; grey hen.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Heath grouse (above).

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• . (Zoöl.) (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.

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• . See Hen harrier (below).

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• noun common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land
  northern harrier; marsh hawk; Circus cyaneus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), 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.

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• noun nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry
  chicken hawk.
  

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• (Zoöl.), 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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• noun large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
  Polyporus frondosus; hen of the woods; Grifola frondosa.
  

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• noun a party for women only
  

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• noun an enclosed yard for keeping poultry
  fowl run; chicken yard; chicken run.
  

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Hen's-foot` noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).

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Hen"-heart`ed adjective

Definitions

1. Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.

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• noun large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
  Polyporus frondosus; hen of the woods; Grifola frondosa.
  

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• verb bother persistently with trivial complaints
  peck; nag.
  
  • She nags her husband all day long

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• noun female jungle fowl
  

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• noun adult female mallee fowl
  

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• noun flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting
  weka; maori hen.
  

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• noun a coot found in North America
  Fulica americana; marsh hen; mud hen; American coot.
  
• noun any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
  marsh hen; swamphen; gallinule.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of fresh-water marshes, and R. longirostris of salt-water marshes.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The American bittern . See Stake-driver. (b) The American coot (Fulica). (c) The clapper rail.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The female of the moor fowl . (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis).

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• noun medium-sized storm petrel
  Oceanites oceanicus; Mother Carey's chicken.
  

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• noun a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way)
  
• noun a hen with chicks
  

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• noun a coot found in North America
  Fulica americana; marsh hen; mud hen; American coot.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The American coot (Fulica Americana) . (b) The clapper rail.

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• (Zoöl.), an Australian rail (Tribonyx Mortierii).

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• (Zoöl.), the American coot. See Coot (a).

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Prairie chicken, above.

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• (Zoöl.), the Florida gallinule.

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• noun flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting
  

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• noun large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America
  Centrocercus urophasianus; sage grouse.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the female of the sage grouse.

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• (Zoöl.), the clapper rail. See under Rail.

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Sea" hen`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) the common guillemot; -- applied also to various other sea birds.

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• noun a domestic hen ready to brood
  broody hen; sitter; broody; brood hen.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the moor hen; called also stankie. Prov. Eng.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus); called also goollema. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); called also little swamp hen. (c) The European purple gallinule.

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Tap"pit hen`

Definitions

1. A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. Scot. Jamieson.
2. A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, though to resemble a crested hen. Scot. Jamieson.

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• (Zoöl.), a female turkey.

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• noun a coot found in North America
  Fulica americana; marsh hen; mud hen; American coot.
  
• noun any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
  marsh hen; swamphen; gallinule.
  

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Wa"ter hen`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any gallinule.
2. (Zoöl.) The common American coot.

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• noun flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting
  weka; maori hen.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and allied species. (b) The American woodcock.

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