Another word for hen

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hen

female chicken, pullet, brooder, setting hen; see bird 1, chicken 1, fowl.

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He hit the floor on all fours and snapped at the hen as she rolled by.
She handed the hen to him and stood.
For a moment he gazed down at her, his expression much like the trapped fox in the hen house.
I can't tell you how many times I've had a hen set until the last few days and then leave the nest, spoiling the eggs.
I fell head over heals with the little goat lady who had the courage to get right up into my face and give me what-for about a hen I threw to the fox.

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