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| hen [ hen ] (plural hens) |
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1. chicken: an adult female chicken
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2. birds female bird: any adult female bird
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3. marine biology female sea animal: a female octopus, crab, or lobster
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4. offensive term: an offensive term that deliberately insults a woman's personality, activity, and age
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| [ Old English henn< Indo-European, "sing"] |
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  hen·nish adjective |
| hen·nish·ly adverb |
| hen·nish·ness noun |
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scarce as hen's teeth U.K. Australia New Zealand extremely valuable and hard to find
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