单词 | heath hen |
释义 | heath hen[ heeth-hen ] / ˈhiθ ˌhɛn / nounan American gallinaceous bird, Tympanuchus cupido cupido, closely related to the prairie chicken and once a common inhabitant of coastal heaths from New Hampshire to Virginia: extensively hunted, especially during the Colonial period, the heath hen has been regarded extinct since 1932. the female of the black grouse. Origin of heath henFirst recorded in 1585–95 Words nearby heath henheather, heathery, heath family, heathfowl, heath grass, heath hen, Heath Robinson, heath wren, heathy, heat index, heating Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for heath henheath hen nounanother name for greyhen a recently extinct variety of the prairie chicken Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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