"hen" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Adult female chicken (synset 101795281)
is a type of: chicken, gallus gallus - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
subtypes:
- cackler - a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk
- brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter - a domestic hen ready to brood
- mother hen - a hen with chicks
- layer - a hen that lays eggs
- pullet - young hen usually less than a year old
same as: biddy
Adult female bird (synset 101517500)
is a type of: bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing (synset 107661676)
is a type of: chicken, poulet, volaille - the flesh of a chicken used for food
Female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster (synset 101323614)
is a type of: female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)