heath hen

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heath hen

Model of a heath hen.

Noun

heath hen (plural heath hens)

The female black grouse.
Coordinate term: heath cock
- 1728, [James] Thomson, Spring. A Poem, […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], and G[eorge] Strahan, […], →OCLC:
  The Heath-Hen flutters, (pious Fraud!) to lead / The hot pursuing Spaniel far astray.
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