water henn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə ˌhɛn/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌhɛn/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌhɛn/

Forms: see water n. and hen n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., hen n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + hen n.¹ Compare Old High German wazzarhuon (Middle High German wazzerhuon, German Wasserhuhn), denoting any of various aquatic rails.

1. An aquatic rail (rail n.³).

a. Any of various rails of Eurasia; esp. the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus.purple water hen: see the first element.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail)

water henc1520

railbird1574

purple gallinule1782

rail1792

water cock1864

the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Gallinula > gallinula chloropus (moor-hen)

moorhena1350

water henc1520

moat-hen1544

moor coot?1606

mud hen1611

marsh hen1709

heath-game1711

stank-hen1766

clapper rail1813

skitty1813

kitty-coot1885

c1520 Parl. Byrdes (de Worde) sig. A.ii^v The cote, the dobchyk, and the water henne.

1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. I6 Τρύγγας, trynga, Anglice a water hen, or a mot hen.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. i. 89 All fenny Fowle..as Ducks..Didappers, Waterhens.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. ii. 312 Section I. Cloven-footed Birds that swim in the Water... Chap. 1. Of Water-hens or More-hens in general.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xxxiv. 153 Thou must..carefully abstain..from peacocks, cranes, coots, didappers, and water-hens.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 2) II. 386 The small spotted water-hen.

1844 T. Hood Haunted House i, in Hood's Mag. Jan. 3 The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen.

1885 A. Brassey In Trades 118 The specimens included..rails, water-hens, [etc.].

1947 A. Ransome Great Northern? vi. 82 A family of baby water-hens scuttered across.

1999 Birdwatch Apr. 62/6 A White-breasted Waterhen in Dubai..was the ninth record.

2014 Craven Herald (Nexis) 25 Jan. Our river banks were patrolled by American mink..virtually wiping out the harmless water rat..as well as water hens, coots, [etc.].

b. U.S. regional. Any of several North American rails; esp. the American coot, Fulica americana.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Fulica > fulica americana (American coot)

water hen1704

Blue Peter1709

flusterer1709

coot1891

1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 187 The Blew-headed Water-hen... The Horn-wing'd Water-hen.

1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana II. iii. vii. 82 The Indian Water-Hen, and the Green-Foot, are the same as in France.

1865 Ibis 1 135 The American Coot, or..the ‘Water-Hen’, may be found in large numbers on the reedy lakes of the Saskatchawan prairies.

1924 Amer. Midland Naturalist 9 73 Gallinula galeata galeata (Light.). Coot, Mudhen, Waterhen. Fulica americana Gmel. Mudhen, Waterhen, Swamp Hen, Black Mudhen.

2001 D. W. Nellis Common Coastal Birds Florida & Caribbean 200/1 The American Coot is also called mud hen, waterfowl, water hen, and splatterer in English.

c. Australian and New Zealand. Any of several rails of Australia and New Zealand; esp. a native hen (genus Tribonyx or Gallinula), the weka, Gallirallus australis, and the purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > gallirallus ausralis (weka)

water hen1770

wood-hen1773

weka1845

ocydrome1884

bush-hen1939

1770 S. Parkinson Jrnl. Voy. South Seas (1773) 15 Jan. 115 The woods abound with diverse kinds of birds, such as parrots, wood-pigeons, water hens.

1835 W. Yate Acct. N.Z. (ed. 2) ii. 62 Pukeko—A species of water-hen, the size of a well-grown capon. It..has very long red legs.

1887 J. White Anc. Hist. Maori I. iv. 63 Proceeding in his journey he met Pakura (red- or water-hen, the Porphyrio melanotus).

1947 I. L. Idriess Isles of Despair xxxii. 212 Hungrily she satisfied her craving for land flesh. Kangaroo, wallaby.., wild duck, waterhen, carpet snake.

1976 Nature 24 June 638/1 The ‘problem’ animals that have been studied include..the Tasmanian waterhen, Tribonyx ventralis.

2002 National Geographic Oct. 86/2 The site has yielded..parakeets, snipes, and water hens.

2. With distinguishing word. A jacana (family Jacanidae). Now rare.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ixobrychus (little bittern)

little bitternc1330

water hen1678

least bitterna1813

spurwing1842

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 317 The Brasilian Water-hen, called Jacana. This most elegant Bird is of the bigness of a Dove.

1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 48 The Spur-winged Water Hen. This Bird is of the Water Hen-kind.

1873 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) V. (at cited word) Water hen. The Indian water hen, Parra Sinensis,..is met with in the north of India, running over the leaves of the lotus.

1914 P. Fountain River Amazon xiv. 157 Here the jacana, or spur-winged water-hen (I think it is a rail), marches with stately tread.

Compounds

water-hen hackle n. Angling (now rare) an artificial fly made from the hackle feathers of a moorhen.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of

moor flylOE

drake-flya1450

dub-flya1450

dun cut1496

dun fly1496

louper1496

red fly1616

moorish fly1635

palmer1653

palmer fly1653

red hackle1653

red palmer1653

shell-fly1653

orange fly1662

blackfly1669

dun1676

dun hackle1676

hackle1676

mayfly1676

peacock fly1676

thorn-tree fly1676

turkey-fly1676

violet-fly1676

whirling dun1676

badger fly1681

greenfly1686

moorish brown1689

prime dun1696

sandfly1700

grey midge1724

whirling blue1747

dun drake?1758

death drake1766

hackle fly1786

badger1787

blue1787

brown-fly1787

camel-brown1787

spinner1787

midge1799

night-fly1799

thorn-fly1799

turkey1799

withy-fly1799

grayling fly1811

sun fly1820

cock-a-bondy1835

brown moth1837

bunting-lark fly1837

governor1837

water-hen hackle1837

Waterloo fly1837

coachman1839

soldier palmer1839

blue jay1843

red tag1850

canary1855

white-tip1856

spider1857

bumble1859

doctor1860

ibis1863

Jock Scott1866

eagle1867

highlander1867

jay1867

John Scott1867

judge1867

parson1867

priest1867

snow-fly1867

Jack Scott1874

Alexandra1875

silver doctor1875

Alexandra fly1882

grackle1894

grizzly queen1894

heckle-fly1897

Zulu1898

thunder and lightning1910

streamer1919

Devon1924

peacock1950

1837 J. Kirkbride Northern Angler 31 The Water-hen Hackle..is an excellent trout-fly.

1884 Fishing Gaz. 15 Mar. 128/1 Mr. Slater managed to basket 30 trout on Wednesday with the fly, chiefly partridge and water-hen hackles.

1936 Scotsman 11 May 3/7 Water hen hackle and the grannam have accounted for a few fish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water hen
释义	water henn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌhɛn/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌhɛn/, /ˈwɑdər ˌhɛn/ Forms: see water n. and hen n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., hen n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + hen n.¹ Compare Old High German wazzarhuon (Middle High German wazzerhuon, German Wasserhuhn), denoting any of various aquatic rails. 1. An aquatic rail (rail n.³). a. Any of various rails of Eurasia; esp. the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus.purple water hen: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) water henc1520 railbird1574 purple gallinule1782 rail1792 water cock1864 the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Gallinula > gallinula chloropus (moor-hen) moorhena1350 water henc1520 moat-hen1544 moor coot?1606 mud hen1611 marsh hen1709 heath-game1711 stank-hen1766 clapper rail1813 skitty1813 kitty-coot1885 c1520 Parl. Byrdes (de Worde) sig. A.ii^v The cote, the dobchyk, and the water henne. 1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. I6 Τρύγγας, trynga, Anglice a water hen, or a mot hen. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. i. 89 All fenny Fowle..as Ducks..Didappers, Waterhens. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. ii. 312 Section I. Cloven-footed Birds that swim in the Water... Chap. 1. Of Water-hens or More-hens in general. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xxxiv. 153 Thou must..carefully abstain..from peacocks, cranes, coots, didappers, and water-hens. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 2) II. 386 The small spotted water-hen. 1844 T. Hood Haunted House i, in Hood's Mag. Jan. 3 The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 118 The specimens included..rails, water-hens, [etc.]. 1947 A. Ransome Great Northern? vi. 82 A family of baby water-hens scuttered across. 1999 Birdwatch Apr. 62/6 A White-breasted Waterhen in Dubai..was the ninth record. 2014 Craven Herald (Nexis) 25 Jan. Our river banks were patrolled by American mink..virtually wiping out the harmless water rat..as well as water hens, coots, [etc.]. b. U.S. regional. Any of several North American rails; esp. the American coot, Fulica americana. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Fulica > fulica americana (American coot) water hen1704 Blue Peter1709 flusterer1709 coot1891 1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 187 The Blew-headed Water-hen... The Horn-wing'd Water-hen. 1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana II. iii. vii. 82 The Indian Water-Hen, and the Green-Foot, are the same as in France. 1865 Ibis 1 135 The American Coot, or..the ‘Water-Hen’, may be found in large numbers on the reedy lakes of the Saskatchawan prairies. 1924 Amer. Midland Naturalist 9 73 Gallinula galeata galeata (Light.). Coot, Mudhen, Waterhen. Fulica americana Gmel. Mudhen, Waterhen, Swamp Hen, Black Mudhen. 2001 D. W. Nellis Common Coastal Birds Florida & Caribbean 200/1 The American Coot is also called mud hen, waterfowl, water hen, and splatterer in English. c. Australian and New Zealand. Any of several rails of Australia and New Zealand; esp. a native hen (genus Tribonyx or Gallinula), the weka, Gallirallus australis, and the purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > gallirallus ausralis (weka) water hen1770 wood-hen1773 weka1845 ocydrome1884 bush-hen1939 1770 S. Parkinson Jrnl. Voy. South Seas (1773) 15 Jan. 115 The woods abound with diverse kinds of birds, such as parrots, wood-pigeons, water hens. 1835 W. Yate Acct. N.Z. (ed. 2) ii. 62 Pukeko—A species of water-hen, the size of a well-grown capon. It..has very long red legs. 1887 J. White Anc. Hist. Maori I. iv. 63 Proceeding in his journey he met Pakura (red- or water-hen, the Porphyrio melanotus). 1947 I. L. Idriess Isles of Despair xxxii. 212 Hungrily she satisfied her craving for land flesh. Kangaroo, wallaby.., wild duck, waterhen, carpet snake. 1976 Nature 24 June 638/1 The ‘problem’ animals that have been studied include..the Tasmanian waterhen, Tribonyx ventralis. 2002 National Geographic Oct. 86/2 The site has yielded..parakeets, snipes, and water hens. 2. With distinguishing word. A jacana (family Jacanidae). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Ixobrychus (little bittern) little bitternc1330 water hen1678 least bitterna1813 spurwing1842 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 317 The Brasilian Water-hen, called Jacana. This most elegant Bird is of the bigness of a Dove. 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 48 The Spur-winged Water Hen. This Bird is of the Water Hen-kind. 1873 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) V. (at cited word) Water hen. The Indian water hen, Parra Sinensis,..is met with in the north of India, running over the leaves of the lotus. 1914 P. Fountain River Amazon xiv. 157 Here the jacana, or spur-winged water-hen (I think it is a rail), marches with stately tread. Compounds water-hen hackle n. Angling (now rare) an artificial fly made from the hackle feathers of a moorhen. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1837 J. Kirkbride Northern Angler 31 The Water-hen Hackle..is an excellent trout-fly. 1884 Fishing Gaz. 15 Mar. 128/1 Mr. Slater managed to basket 30 trout on Wednesday with the fly, chiefly partridge and water-hen hackles. 1936 Scotsman 11 May 3/7 Water hen hackle and the grannam have accounted for a few fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1520
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