mud henn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌd hɛn/, U.S.

/ˈməd ˌ(h)ɛn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, hen n.¹

Etymology: < mud n.¹ + hen n.¹

1. Any of various rails and coots (family Rallidae); esp. the Virginia rail, Rallus limicola, the clapper rail, R. longirostris, and the American coot, Fulica americana. Now chiefly North American.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Gallinula > gallinula chloropus (moor-hen)

moorhena1350

water henc1520

moat-hen1544

moor coot?1606

mud hen1611

marsh hen1709

heath-game1711

stank-hen1766

clapper rail1813

skitty1813

kitty-coot1885

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words 285/3 Limósa, a kind of Mud or Moore-hen.

1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 112 Clapper Rail... Rallus Crepitans... It is designated by different names, such as the Mud Hen, Clapper Rail, Meadow Clapper, Big Rail, &c.

1831 R. Jameson Wilson & Bonaparte's Amer. Ornithol. (rev. ed.) III. 124 Fulica americana... Cinereous Coot... It is known in Pennsylvania by the name of the mud-hen.

1909 in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 89/2 ‘Ducks!’ I says; ‘you condemned lunatic, them ain't ducks; them's mud hens!’

1940 I. N. Gabrielson Birds of Oregon 235 The American coot, or ‘Mud-hen’, is undoubtedly the most common nesting bird in the State.

1987 G. Bowen & R. Marken 1919, Love Lett. George & Adelaide 60 You know, Roger, you really did look dashing. George in his plain brown cap looked like a mudhen beside you!

†2. A marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Venerupis (family Veneridae). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Mud-hen, A bivalve mollusk of the family Veneridæ and the genus Tapes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mud hen
释义	mud henn. Brit. /ˈmʌd hɛn/, U.S. /ˈməd ˌ(h)ɛn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, hen n.¹ Etymology: < mud n.¹ + hen n.¹ 1. Any of various rails and coots (family Rallidae); esp. the Virginia rail, Rallus limicola, the clapper rail, R. longirostris, and the American coot, Fulica americana. Now chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Gallinula > gallinula chloropus (moor-hen) moorhena1350 water henc1520 moat-hen1544 moor coot?1606 mud hen1611 marsh hen1709 heath-game1711 stank-hen1766 clapper rail1813 skitty1813 kitty-coot1885 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words 285/3 Limósa, a kind of Mud or Moore-hen. 1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 112 Clapper Rail... Rallus Crepitans... It is designated by different names, such as the Mud Hen, Clapper Rail, Meadow Clapper, Big Rail, &c. 1831 R. Jameson Wilson & Bonaparte's Amer. Ornithol. (rev. ed.) III. 124 Fulica americana... Cinereous Coot... It is known in Pennsylvania by the name of the mud-hen. 1909 in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 89/2 ‘Ducks!’ I says; ‘you condemned lunatic, them ain't ducks; them's mud hens!’ 1940 I. N. Gabrielson Birds of Oregon 235 The American coot, or ‘Mud-hen’, is undoubtedly the most common nesting bird in the State. 1987 G. Bowen & R. Marken 1919, Love Lett. George & Adelaide 60 You know, Roger, you really did look dashing. George in his plain brown cap looked like a mudhen beside you! †2. A marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Venerupis (family Veneridae). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Mud-hen, A bivalve mollusk of the family Veneridæ and the genus Tapes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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