Noun: heath hen heeth hen
- Extinct prairie chicken
"The last heath hen was seen on Martha's Vineyard in 1932";
- Tympanuchus cupido cupido
- Female black grouse
"The heath hen carefully tended to her nest";
- greyhen [Brit, Cdn], grayhen [US], grey hen [N. Amer], gray hen [US]
Derived forms: heath hens
Type of: black grouse, prairie chicken, prairie fowl, prairie grouse
Encyclopedia: Heath hen