heath hen
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Noun
[edit]heath hen (plural heath hens)
- A female black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix).
- Coordinate term: heath cock
- a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
- The Heath-Hen flutters, (pious Fraud!) to lead / The hot pursuing Spaniel far astray.
- Any of an extinct subspecies of grouse that once lived in North America (†Tympanuchus cupido cupido).
References
[edit]heath hen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tympanuchus cupido cupido on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tympanuchus cupido cupido on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons