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Meanings of heath hen in English

Russian
вересковый тетерев
Portuguese
tympanuchus cupido cupido
Spanish
tympanuchus cupido cupido
Catalan
tympanuchus cupido cupido
Wikidata

Heath hen.

        Related terms
        вересковый тетерев
        Spanish
        gallina lira

        Female black grouse.

              gallina lira
              Synonyms
              Examples for "greyhen"
              Examples for "greyhen"
              1
              What can have made the grey hen flutter so?
              The Countess Cathleen
              2
              That night the grey hen was placed as the witch had advised, and it was as she had said.
              Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
              3
              Next morning Robin aroused the sleepers somewhat abruptly by shooting a grey hen with his rifle from the tent door.
              Silver Lake
              4
              In faltering tones Imma told him their mission, conveyed to him the old witch's warning, and presented the grey hen.
              Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
              5
              She whistled shrilly and in answer to her call a grey hen fluttered toward her; this she gave to the young people.
              Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
              1
              The large gray hens moved slowly through the air in front of Wilson.
              White Hunter, Black Heart
              2
              Many comfortable gray hens were clucking and scratching about the hay-strewn floor, and a flock of doves sat cooing on the roof.
              Work: A Story of Experience
              3
              'Oh, look at this gray hen!'
              Chambers's Elementary Science Readers / Book I
              4
              "She looked like a little rose sometimes," and David smiled to himself as he fed the gray hens.
              Work: A Story of Experience
              Usage of heath hen in English
              1
              The heath hen could not be brought back, neither could the passenger pigeon.
              Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
              2
              The heath hen was one of its closest extinct relatives.
              Wired
              3
              Mr. Maloney believes that research from the heath hen project could help conserve other species as well.
              Wired
              4
              The Attwaters Prairie Chicken is an endangered bird that exhibits similar traits as the heath hen in Texas.
              Wired
              5
              Remember the heath hen.
              Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
              6
              Wild turkey, ruffed grouse, passenger pigeon, heath hen, dickcissel, whooping crane, Carolina parrakeet; white-tailed deer, black bear, gray wolf, beaver, Canada lynx, puma.
              Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
              7
              Heath hen project has expanded to include ocean dwellers like the Great Auk.
              Wired
              8
              In watching them, I concluded that they were catching the young heath hens.
              Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
              9
              New York began to protect her deer in 1705 and her heath hens in 1708.
              Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
              Translations for heath hen