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bush-hen

/ˈbʊʃ.hɛn/

bush-hen noun: some species of bird in the genus Amaurornis in the family Rallidae.

bush-hen: some species of bird in the genus Amaurornis in the family Rallidae
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Noun

bush-hen (plural bush-hens)

  1. Some species of bird in the genus Amaurornis in the family Rallidae.
    Synonyms:
    crake

bush-hen meaning in Tamil

bush-hen in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of bush-hen

Forms of bush-hen

pluralbush-hens

Origin of bush-hen

From bush + hen.

Words formed from bush-hen

  • brown bush-hen
  • Amaurornis akool
  • Isabelline bush-hen
  • Amaurornis isabellina
  • pale-vented bush-hen
  • Amaurornis moluccana
  • plain bush-hen
  • Amaurornis olivacea
  • Talaud bush-hen
  • Amaurornis magnirostris

Questions about bush-hen

What does bush-hen mean?
Bush-hen means some species of bird in the genus Amaurornis in the family Rallidae.
What is bush-hen in Tamil?
Bush-hen in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Bush-hen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bush-hen?
Bush-hen is a noun.
How do you pronounce bush-hen?
Bush-hen is pronounced /ˈbʊʃ.hɛn/.
What is the plural of bush-hen?
The plural of bush-hen is bush-hens.

Words near bush-hen in the dictionary

  1. bush-bashing
  2. Bush-bot
  3. Bush-bots
  4. bush-cricket
  5. bush-crickets
  6. bush-hen
  7. bush-hens
  8. bush-Kanaka
  9. bush-Kanakas
  10. bush-league
  11. bush-made

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bush-hen (page history and authors); bush-hen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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