greyhen

American  

[gray-hen] / ˈgreɪˈhɛn /

noun

British.

1. the female of the black grouse.

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greyhen British  

/ ˈɡreɪˌhɛn /

noun

1. the female of the black grouse Compare blackcock

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Etymology

Origin of greyhen

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; see origin at grey, hen

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greyhen

The last pack remembered was killed about thirty-five years ago; and within these ten years one solitary greyhen was sprung by some beagles in beating for a hare. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley

The sportsmen cried out, “A hen pheasant!” but a gentleman present, who had often seen grouse in the north of England, assured me that it was a greyhen.

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley

The last pack remembered was killed about thirty-five years ago; and within these ten years one solitary greyhen was sprung by some beagles in beating for a hare.

From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White

The sportsmen cried out, 'A hen pheasant'; but a gentleman present, who had often seen grouse in the north of England, assured me that it was a greyhen.

From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White

Another interesting feature about pheasants is the extraordinary difference in plumage between the sexes, a gap equalled only between the blackcock and greyhen and quite unknown in the partridge, quail and grouse.

From Birds in the Calendar by Frederick G. (Frederick George) Aflalo

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