Heath Hen (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. an American gallinaceous bird, Tympanuchus cupido cupido, closely related to the prairie chicken and once a common inhabitant of coastal heaths from New Hampshire to Virginia: extensively hunted, especially during the Colonial period, the heath hen has been regarded extinct since 1932.
  2. the female of the black grouse.
noun
  1. another name for greyhen
  2. a recently extinct variety of the prairie chicken
Heath Hen (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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