mud hen en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Canada, US) Any of various rails and coots, especially the Virginia rail (Rallus limicola), or the American coot (Fulica americana).
They went to the sloughs to shoot mud hens and brought home a bag of the tiny, black, greasy birds.
1984, Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine, Harper Perennial, published 2009, page 91:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mud hens | Number=Plur | lexicographic |