单词 | wood hen |
释义 | wood hen (once / 695254 pages) n WORD FAMILY wood hen: wood hens USAGE EXAMPLESThree times the plaintive cry of the `wood hen `was heard. Morris, Edward Ellis, Austral English—A dictionary of Au...(2010) We had to go along the shore, finding sometimes fine creeks well provided with wild turkeys, geese, snipes and wood hens. James, Bartlett Burleigh, Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-...(2010) There are wood hens also on the plains; but, though very abundant, they are not much seen. Butler, Samuel, A First Year in Canterbury Settleme...(2010) n flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting Syn|Hyper maori hen, weka rail any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud |
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