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mud hens

mud hens is the plural of mud hen.

Meaning of mud hen

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

Questions about mud hens

What is mud hens the plural of?
Mud hens is the plural of mud hen.

Words near mud hens in the dictionary

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

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