hen
hen
- n adult female chicken
- n adult female bird
- n flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
- n female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
- Fewer than 20 breeding pairs of hen harriers, a legally protected bird of prey, are left in England.
- When each hen clearly understood its rank in society.
- They fed pork and lamb, fish, chicken and guinea-hen, eggs and milk, toast gruel, oatmeal, rolls, potatoes, vegetables.