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guinea hen en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɪni hɛn/

Meanings

1. (countable) The female of the guinea fowl.
2. (countable) This bird prepared as food.
   • What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen. 1954, Alice B. Toklas, The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, Doubleday, page 6:
3. (uncountable) The meat of this bird.

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