Definitions for heath-hen

heath-hen heath hen

Heath-Hen is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in heath-hen (-aeehhhnt).

Definitions for heath-hen

noun

  1. an American gallinaceous bird, Tympanuchus cupido cupido, closely related to the prairie chicken: extinct.
  2. the female of the black grouse.

Origin of heath-hen

First recorded in 1585-95

Examples for heath-hen

Let them remember the heath hen,—amply protected when entirely too late to save it from extinction!

Or he may have espied a heath hen on the shores of the Chesapeake.

The heath hen could not be brought back, neither could the passenger pigeon.

This is the case of the heath hen and David's deer, of China.

She also weighs nearly one-third less than her mate, and is popularly termed the heath hen.

Word Value for heath-hen
Scrable

11

Words with friends

9

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