heath hen

/hiθ hɛn/
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Other forms: heath hens

Definitions of heath hen
  1. noun
    extinct prairie chicken
    synonyms: Tympanuchus cupido cupido
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    type of:
    prairie chicken, prairie fowl, prairie grouse
    brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
  2. noun
    female black grouse
    synonyms: gray hen, grayhen, grey hen, greyhen
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    type of:
    black grouse
    grouse of which the male is bluish-black
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