Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The female of the black grouse.
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- noun female black grouse
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Examples
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Another interesting feature about pheasants is the extraordinary difference in plumage between the sexes, a gap equalled only between the blackcock and greyhen and quite unknown in the partridge, quail and grouse.
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The sportsmen cried out, "A hen pheasant!" but a gentleman present, who had often seen grouse in the north of England, assured me that it was a greyhen.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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The last pack remembered was killed about thirty-five years ago; and within these ten years one solitary greyhen was sprung by some beagles in beating for a hare.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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