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water chicken

water chicken noun: the moorhen.

Noun

water chicken (plural water chickens)

  1. The moorhen

Forms of water chicken

pluralwater chickens

Origin of water chicken

Compare French poule d'eau and Spanish polla de agua

Questions about water chicken

What does water chicken mean?
Water chicken means the moorhen.
What part of speech is water chicken?
Water chicken is a noun.
What is the plural of water chicken?
The plural of water chicken is water chickens.

Words near water chicken in the dictionary

  1. water cement
  2. water cements
  3. water chat
  4. water chestnut
  5. water chestnuts
  6. water chicken
  7. water chickens
  8. water chinquapin
  9. water chinquapins
  10. water clock
  11. water clocks

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