Definitions for moorhens

moorhens moor·hen

Spelling: [moo r-hen]
IPA: /ˈmʊərˌhɛn/

Moorhens is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 255 anagrams from letters in moorhens (ehmnoors).

Definitions for moorhens

noun

  1. Also called water hen. a common species of gallinule, Gallinule chloropus, of nearly worldwide distribution.
  2. any of several related gallinules.
  3. Chiefly British. the female red grouse.

Origin of moorhens

First recorded in 1250-1300, moorhen is from the Middle English word mor-hen. See moor1, hen

Examples for moorhens

The river runs somewhere close by, for I hear the call of a moorhen, and I see by your build that you're a freshwater mariner.

Occasionally he indulges in wild duck or moorhen; and when he hunts on shore may catch a rabbit unawares, a rat or a vole.

The moorhen, meanwhile, invariably escaped; yet Bob failed to understand that he was the only diver in the pack.

She decided to go halves, to take two and leave two in the nest to console the moorhen when she came back.

The moorhen and coot are too inconspicuous as they lurk under the reeds, or swim hurriedly across the open water.

The nightingales sang, the thrushes flew out before them, the wild duck and moorhen glanced on the pools.

The nest and eggs of the Coot are very like those of the common moorhen.

At the same moment that I startled this brood out of the rushes a moorhen swam slowly out, accompanied by her mate.

There, too, a moorhen goes, sometimes diving under the bough.

The blades of the Nonpareil were knocking up water like a moorhen.

Word Value for moorhens
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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