wood hen

1. 1.

   flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting

   Synonymswekamaori hen

   Broaderrail

   Part ofGallirallus

Questions about wood hen

What does wood hen mean?

wood hen means "flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting".

What is another word for wood hen?

Close synonyms include weka, maori 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 wood hen a common word?

wood 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.