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mud hen

mud hen noun: any of various rails and coots, especially the Virginia rail (Rallus limicola), or the American coot (Fulica americana).

Noun

mud hen (plural mud hens)

  1. (Canada, US) Any of various rails and coots, especially the Virginia rail (Rallus limicola), or the American coot (Fulica americana).
    • They went to the sloughs to shoot mud hens and brought home a bag of the tiny, black, greasy birds.1984, Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine, Harper Perennial, published 2009, page 91

Forms of mud hen

pluralmud hens

Questions about mud hen

What does mud hen mean?
Mud hen means any of various rails and coots, especially the Virginia rail (Rallus limicola), or the American coot (Fulica americana).
What part of speech is mud hen?
Mud hen is a noun.
What is the plural of mud hen?
The plural of mud hen is mud hens.

Words near mud hen in the dictionary

  1. mud flaps
  2. mud flat
  3. mud flats
  4. mud flood
  5. mud flow
  6. mud hen
  7. mud hens
  8. mud kicker
  9. mud kickers
  10. mud kitchen
  11. mud kitchens

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