What does mud hen mean?

mud hen means "a coot found in North America".

What is another word for mud hen?

Close synonyms include American coot, marsh hen, water hen, Fulica americana. 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 mud hen a common word?

mud 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.

Mud hen — meaning and 4 synonyms

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

1.
a coot found in North America
SynonymsAmerican coot marsh hen water hen Fulica americana
Broadercoot
Part ofFulica

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