Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.
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Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
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An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.
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Inclined to brood.
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A fowl that cackles.
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One who, or that which, lays.
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A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.
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One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
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A name used in calling a hen or chicken.
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