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sea hen

sea hen noun: any of various seabirds, including.

Noun

sea hen (plural sea hens)

  1. Any of various seabirds, including
    • Besides the penguin many other birds are here to be found, among which may be mentioned sea-hens, blue peterels, teal, ducks, […]1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
  2. A common murre or common guillemot (Uria aalge).
  3. Any member of the genus Sterocorarius (skuas)
  4. lumpsucker, lumpfish, henfish (Cyclopterus lumpus).

Forms of sea hen

pluralsea hens

Origin of sea hen

From sea + hen.

Questions about sea hen

What does sea hen mean?
Sea hen means any of various seabirds, including.
What part of speech is sea hen?
Sea hen is a noun.
What is the plural of sea hen?
The plural of sea hen is sea hens.

Words near sea hen in the dictionary

  1. sea hearts
  2. sea heath
  3. sea heaths
  4. sea hedgehog
  5. sea hedgehogs
  6. sea hen
  7. sea hens
  8. sea hibiscus
  9. sea hibiscuses
  10. sea hog
  11. sea hogs

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