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名詞

heath hen (plural heath hens)

1. A female black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix).

   Synonym: grey hen

   Coordinate terms: blackcock, heath cock

   • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

     The Heath-Hen flutters, (pious Fraud!) to lead / The hot pursuing Spaniel far astray.

2. Any of an extinct subspecies of grouse that once lived in North America (†Tympanuchus cupido cupido).