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Webster 1913 Edition


Hen

Hen

,
Noun.
[AS.
henn
,
hen
,
hæn
; akin to D.
hen
, OHG.
henna
, G.
henne
, Icel.
h[GREEK]na
, Dan.
höna
; 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
.]
(Zool.)
The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds;
as, the heath
hen
; the gray
hen
.
☞ Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
Hen clam
.
(Zool.)
(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
(Zool.)
,
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
(Zool.)
,
one of several species of large hawks which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk (
Buteo borealis
), the red-shouldered hawk (
Buteo lineatus
), and the goshawk.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hen

HEN

,
Noun.
The female of any kind of fowl; but it is particularly applied to the female of the domestic fowl of the gallinaceous kind, or as sometimes called, the barn-door fowl.

Definition 2024


hèn

hèn

See also: hen, hén, hēn, hěn, and -hen

Mandarin

Romanization

hèn (Zhuyin ㄏㄣˋ)

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