From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhenhen /hen/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 HBAan adult female chicken2 HBAa fully grown female bird
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hen• One different factor from hens is age.• Short and barrel-cheated, Rowley is feisty as a game hen, with a studied Oklahoma twang.• Inside the chicken run - mesh bed bases tied with baling twine - the hens nested in a fridge.• The hen harrier is also the least migratory of the three species, more able to tolerate the cold.• Outside, single shouts sounded - a threatening growl from several voices together - hens squawking.• A young tom turkey is a young male turkey with the same characteristics as a young hen turkey. 4.Origin hen Old English henn 