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heath hen
[ heeth hen ]
noun
- an 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heath hen1
First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences
They are working to bring back passenger pigeons and heath hens.
The heath hen could not be brought back, neither could the passenger pigeon.
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She also weighs nearly one-third less than her mate, and is popularly termed the Heath Hen.
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Let them remember the heath hen,—amply protected when entirely too late to save it from extinction!
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This is the case of the heath hen and David's deer, of China.
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Or he may have espied a heath hen on the shores of the Chesapeake.
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