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water hen::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | american coot, fulica americana, marsh hen, mud hen |
| Type of | coot |
water hen::noun | Spocien Dictionary
any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen |
| Type of | aquatic bird |
| Has types | purple gallinule, florida gallinule, gallinula chloropus, gallinula chloropus cachinnans, moorhen |
Examples of water hen
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In addition, you can often set your watch to when the hen and drake will depart, water, feed and return.
From the sfgate.com
Now she follows the young members of her staff around like a mother hen, clucking at them to drink water, drink water, drink water.
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A solo mallard hen coasted into the sheltered cove to check out diving duck decoys bobbing in the water.
From the omaha.com
Ideally, when a chick becomes a candidate to become an egg-laying hen, it is put in a clean environment with clean water and feed, he said.
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Darnell, who lives in North Carolina, was watching her kids scoop giant hen clams the size of softballs out of the still water in front of her cottage the morning I met her.
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