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Noun: heath hen  heeth hen
  1. Extinct prairie chicken
    "The last heath hen was seen on Martha's Vineyard in 1932";
    - Tympanuchus cupido cupido
     
  2. 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