peahen
[ pee-hen ]
noun
the female peafowl.
Origin of peahen
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How to use peahen in a sentence
Pea′chick, the young of the pea-fowl; Pea′cock-fish, a variegated labroid fish; Pea′-fowl, the peacock or peahen.
His son went into the world to search everywhere for his peahen, taking only one servant to serve him.
Serbian Folk-lore | AnonymousAt length he resolved to go and look after his peahen, and never to come back again unless he should find her.
Serbian Folk-lore | AnonymousThe peahen usually lays from four to six eggs—rarely more than eight or ten.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. RobinsonThen the girl turned again into a peahen, and flew away with the other eight.
Serbian Folk-lore | Anonymous
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