water hen

Questions about water hen

What does water hen mean?

water hen means "a coot found in North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for water hen?

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

water 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.