What does grey hen mean?

grey hen means "female black grouse".

What is another word for grey hen?

Close synonyms include greyhen, grayhen, gray hen, heath hen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grey hen a common word?

grey hen is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Grey hen — meaning and 4 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
female black grouse
Synonymsgreyhen grayhen gray hen heath hen
Broaderblack grouse

Questions about grey hen

What does grey hen mean?: grey hen means "female black grouse".
What is another word for grey hen?: Close synonyms include greyhen, grayhen, gray hen, heath hen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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