guinea hen

noun

: a female guinea fowl
broadly : guinea fowl

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The Village Pub in Woodside offers a special prix fixe menu for $270 on Feb. 13-14, featuring clams casino, lobster salad, steelhead trout and guinea hen; wine pairings are $130. Laura Ness, Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2026 As a result, dogs, cats, chickens, turkeys, geese, quails, ducks, a guinea hen, ferrets, rabbits, and goats are available for adoption. Matt Schooley, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025 Main dishes include guinea hen with maitake mushroom and turnip, reimagining a Dior gold lamé evening sheath seen on Laetitia Casta at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, and a ribeye cap with cauliflower purée and black truffle, influenced by a 1962 Vogue U.S. shot of Marilyn Monroe. Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025 Omnivores can choose from roasted guinea hen with wild mushrooms and cabbage or grilled Wagyu strip steak along with chickpea panelli and red-wine bordelaise. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024 Heritage Foods has 4- to 4.5-pound guinea hens raised by the Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch Network based in Kansas. D’Artagnan sells 2 to 3 pound hens from California. Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023 Or casual eats like the Chinese-Cajun cracklin’ at Bywater Brew Pub in New Orleans and the curry noodle sandwich with crispy guinea hen skin at Rose’s in Durham, N.C. Richard Morgan, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023 The menu describes the baked good as a white Sonoran wheat pretzel served with guinea hen butter and Arizona honeycomb. Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2022 Menu highlights include juniper and rosemary crusted lamb with gnocchi, grilled prime rib-eye, free range guinea hen, roasted kuri squash bisque with lobster and amaretto crumble, and pumpkin cheesecake. Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1599, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of guinea hen was in 1599

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“Guinea hen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guinea%20hen. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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guinea hen

noun
: guinea fowl
especially : a female guinea fowl
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