HEATH HEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heath hen mean? 

• HEATH HEN (noun)
  The noun HEATH HEN has 2 senses:

1. extinct prairie chicken

2. female black grouse

  Familiarity information: HEATH HEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEATH HEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct prairie chicken

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

heath hen; Tympanuchus cupido cupido

Hypernyms ("heath hen" is a kind of...):

prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse (brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Female black grouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gray hen; grayhen; grey hen; greyhen; heath hen

Hypernyms ("heath hen" is a kind of...):

black grouse (grouse of which the male is bluish-black)