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hen

33 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. hen (noun)
  2. hen and chickens (noun)
  3. brown hen (noun)
  4. daker-hen (noun)
  5. fat hen (noun)
  6. fool hen (noun)
  7. gray hen (noun)
  8. guinea hen (noun)
  9. hazel hen (noun)
  10. heath hen (noun)
  11. jungle hen (noun)
  12. kelp hen (noun)
  13. mallee bird (noun)
  14. marsh hen (noun)
  15. meadow hen (noun)
  16. mud hen (noun)
  17. native hen (noun)
  18. pond hen (noun)
  19. prairie hen (noun)
  20. red-billed mud hen (noun)
  21. rice hen (noun)
  22. sage hen (noun)
  23. salt-marsh hen (noun)
  24. scrub fowl (noun)
  25. sea hen (noun)
  26. sedge hen (noun)
  27. setting hen (noun)
  28. spotted rail (noun)
  29. stankie (noun)
  30. tappit hen (noun)

hen

noun \ˈhen\

Definition of HEN

1
a : a female chicken especially over a year old; broadly : a female bird b : the female of various mostly aquatic animals (as lobsters or fish)
2
: woman; especially : a fussy middle-aged woman
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Origin of HEN

Middle English, from Old English henn; akin to Old English hana rooster — more at chant
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with HEN

ben, den, en, fen, Fenn, gen, glen, ken, Ken, n, pen, Rennes, Seine, sen, Sten, ten, then, wen, when, wren, Wren, yen, Zen

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