释义 |
mud hen in American English any of various birds that live in marshes, as the coot or gallinule mud hen in American Englishnounany of various marsh-inhabiting birds, esp. the American coot Also: mudhen Word origin [1800–10 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Caucasian, gong, jumbo, sodium, studio |