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hen - adult female chicken |
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biddy |
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chicken,
gallus gallus a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
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cackler a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk
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broody,
broody hen,
brood hen,
setting hen,
sitter a domestic hen ready to brood
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mother hen a hen with chicks
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layer thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
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pullet young hen usually less than a year old
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hen - female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster |
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female an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
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hen - adult female bird |
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bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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hen - flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing |
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chicken,
poulet,
volaille a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
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