Usually means: Small waterbird, often black plumage.
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  1. water hen: Merriam-Webster
  2. water hen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. water hen: Collins English Dictionary
  4. water hen: Vocabulary.com
  5. water-hen, water hen: Wordnik
  6. water hen: Wiktionary
  7. water hen: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. water hen: Dictionary.com
  9. Water hen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. water hen: Rhymezone
  11. Water hen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. water-hen: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. water hen: FreeDictionary.org
  14. water hen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. water hen: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. water hen: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (UK) The moorhen.

Similar:
marsh hen, gallinule, swamphen, American coot, fulica americana, mud hen, moorhen, stank hen, common moorhen, waterhen, more...

Opposite:
land bird, terrestrial bird, non-aquatic bird

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Similar:
marsh hen, gallinule, swamphen, American coot, fulica americana, mud hen, moorhen, stank hen, common moorhen, waterhen, more...

Opposite:
land bird, terrestrial bird, non-aquatic bird



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