hen
/hɛn/ sustantivo A2En español: gallina, ave hembra
- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
- A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
- A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
- A woman.
- The penis of a trans woman. · Coordinate term: cock
- A henlike person of either sex.
- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
Plural hens
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: “If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose.
They went to bed quite early and slept soundly until daylight, when they were awakened by the crowing of a green cock that lived in the back yard of the Palace, and the cackling of a hen that had laid a green egg.
## The Hen and the Golden Eggs
A COTTAGER and his wife had a Hen that laid a golden egg every day.
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