heath hen

1. 1.

   extinct prairie chicken

   SynonymsTympanuchus cupido cupido

   Broaderprairie chicken
2. 2.

   female black grouse

   Synonymsgreyhengrayhengrey hengray hen

   Broaderblack grouse

Questions about heath hen

What does heath hen mean?

heath hen means "extinct prairie chicken". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for heath hen?

Close synonyms include Tympanuchus cupido cupido, greyhen, grayhen, grey hen, gray 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 heath hen a common word?

heath 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.