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marsh hen

noun

  1. any of various rails or raillike birds.


marsh hen

noun

  1. any bird that frequents marshes and swamps, esp a rail, coot, or gallinule
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of marsh hen1

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10
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Example Sentences

Is it known to the little marsh-hen that cunningly builds her nest at the foot of the sedges?

Sedge′-hen, a marsh-hen; Sedge′-war′bler, a reed-warbler, the sedge-wren.

Marsh-Hen, much the same as in Europe, only she makes another sort of Noise, and much shriller.

In the meantime he would not rob that marsh hen's nest which he had found.

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