peahen

[ pee-hen ]

noun

1. the female peafowl.

Word History and Origins

Origin of peahen¹

First recorded in 1375–1425, peahen is from the late Middle English word pehenne. See peacock, hen

Example Sentences

Pea′chick, the young of the pea-fowl; Pea′cock-fish, a variegated labroid fish; Pea′-fowl, the peacock or peahen.

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His son went into the world to search everywhere for his peahen, taking only one servant to serve him.

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At length he resolved to go and look after his peahen, and never to come back again unless he should find her.

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The peahen usually lays from four to six eggs—rarely more than eight or ten.

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Then the girl turned again into a peahen, and flew away with the other eight.

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