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meadow hen†
N.B.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus.
See: marsh bittern
Quotations
1896
Ditches, dikes, and fences were of small concern to me, and I went craning it over the country like a huge meadow-hen.
1956
American Bittern [is also called] meadow hen (. . . in a country where a marsh is a meadow, N.B.). . . .