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woodhens

woodhens is the plural of woodhen.

Meaning of woodhen

Noun

woodhen (plural woodhens)

  1. The weka (Gallirallus australis).
  2. The species Hypotaenidia sylvestris (syns. Gallirallus sylvestris, Tricholimnas sylvestris, Ocydromus sylvestris), a rail in the family Rallidae endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia.
    • The story of the woodhen is one outstanding conservation triumph in a plethora of tragedy.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 233

Questions about woodhens

What is woodhens the plural of?
Woodhens is the plural of woodhen.

Words near woodhens in the dictionary

  1. Woodhead
  2. Woodheads
  3. woodhen
  4. woodhenge
  5. woodhenges
  6. woodhens
  7. woodhewer
  8. woodhewers
  9. woodhole
  10. woodholes
  11. woodhoopoe

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