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hen    音标拼音: [h'ɛn]
n. 母鸡,雌鸟

母鸡,雌鸟

hen
n 1: adult female chicken [synonym: {hen}, {biddy}]
2: adult female bird
3: flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
4: female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster

Hen \Hen\, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[ae]n; akin to D. hen, OHG.
henna, G. henne, Icel. h?na, Dan. h["o]na; 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.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the
female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
[1913 Webster]

{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.
[1913 Webster]

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "hen":
Bantam, Jane, Partlet, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy,
bird, bitch, bossy, broad, broiler, brood mare, brooder,
broody hen, capon, chanticleer, chick, chickabiddy, chicken,
chicky, cock, cockerel, cow, dame, doe, doll, domestic fowl, drake,
duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, ewe, ewe lamb, filly, fowl, fryer,
game fowl, gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, guinea cock,
guinea fowl, guinea hen, gyp, heifer, hen turkey, hind, jenny,
lioness, mare, minx, nanny, nanny goat, partlet, peahen, poulard,
poult, poultry, pullet, roaster, roe, rooster, setting hen,
she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, skirt, slut, sow, spring chicken,
stewing chicken, tigress, tom, tom turkey, tomato, turkey,
turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, vixen, wench

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