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hen
1. n. A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for its eggs.
2. n. A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
3. n. (uncommon) A female fish or crustacean.
4. n. (figuratively, depreciatory) A woman, particularly
5. n.          (informal) A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of her "hen night" festivities.
6. n. (informal) A hen night.
7. n. (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
Don't cry, hen. Everything will be all right.
8. n. (figuratively, pejorative, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
9. n. The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
10. adv. (dialectal) Hence.
11. v. (dialectal) To throw.
12. v. topics, en, Birds, Chickens, Female animals

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Example Sentences

This hen does not lay eggs at all these days.  What came first? The egg or the hen?  If a hen has ten chicks, how many hens does a chick have?  Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.  Having laid an egg, a hen has less weight than before.

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