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heath hen en · NOUN
Meanings
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A female black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix).
The Heath-Hen flutters, (pious Fraud!) to lead / The hot pursuing Spaniel far astray.
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
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Any of an extinct subspecies of grouse that once lived in North America (†Tympanuchus cupido cupido).
Forms
Coordinates
heath cock · blackcock
Synonyms
grey hen