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hen::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | biddy |
| Type of | gallus gallus, chicken |
| Has types | broody, cackler, pullet, setting hen, sitter, broody hen, brood hen, layer, mother hen |
hen::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | female |
Examples of hen
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We've let Brett be what he wants to be rather than always try to mother hen him.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Yet without a decoy, a tom turkey responding to hen sounds gets very suspicious.
From the timesunion.com
The hen, not missing the egg, left the nest box, cackling somewhat irrationally.
From the theatlantic.com
Chinese parents love to tell their children the story of the weasel and the hen.
From the forbes.com
It is the hen, however, that becomes solely responsible for sitting on the eggs.
From the sfgate.com
The team found that 80% of the time males went after the hen with a larger comb.
From the newscientist.com
The answer depends on what the hen eats, says a Tel Aviv University researcher.
From the sciencedaily.com
The fourth of them, Juli Inkster, was a revelation as the mother hen of her team.
From the telegraph.co.uk
We have an abundance of badgers, barn owls and a hen harriers that overwinters.
From the independent.co.uk
- Adult female chicken
- Flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
- Female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
- The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Jungle Fowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. ...
- Richard Henshall is a British Progressive metal multi-instrumentalist. He is most well known for being the guitarist and keyboardist for the bands To-Mera and Haken. He has released 1 album with To-Mera and 1 with Haken.
- The Symphony No. 83 in G minor, Hoboken I/83, is the second of the six so-called Paris Symphonies (numbers 82-87) written by Joseph Haydn in 1785 and it was published by Artaria in Vienna in December 1787. . It is popularly known as The Hen (La poule).
- A female bird; A female chicken, especially one kept for its eggs; A woman; The woman whose impending marriage is being celebrated at a hen night; To throw; Hence
- (Hens) female chickens in their second year of lay, or after their first moult
- To dream of hens, denotes pleasant family reunions with added members. See Chickens.
