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Definition of Marsh hen

1. Noun. A coot found in North America.

2. Noun. Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marsh Hen

marsh clematis marsh cress marsh deer marsh elder marsh felwort marsh fern marsh fever marsh fritillaries marsh fritillary marsh gas

marsh gentian marsh hare marsh harrier marsh harriers marsh hawk marsh hen (current term) marsh horsetail marsh horsetails marsh mallow marsh marigold

marsh marigolds marsh milkweed marsh orchid marsh pea marsh pink marsh plant marsh rosemary marsh tea marsh thistle marsh thistles

Literary usage of Marsh hen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"See harrier^, 2. marsh-hen (marsh'hen), «. One of several different birds of the family ... salt-marsh hen. ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Commonly known as Rail and marsh hen. 34. Rallus longirostris crepitans. ... Known as Rail, marsh hen, and Prairie Hen. A common resident in all salt ..."

3. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist by Natural History Society of Montreal (1857)
"The screams of a captured marsh-hen succeed, and its upraised fluttering wing gives ... It is at low tide that this animal usually captures the marsh- hen. ..."

4. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"70 As the marsh-hen secretly builds on the watery sod, Behold I will build me a nest on the greatness of God: I will fly in the greatness of God as the ..."

5. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"God out of knowledge and good out of infinite pain And sight out of blindness and purity out / of a stain. 7° As the marsh-hen secretly builds on the watery ..."

6. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"As the marsh-hen secretly builds on the watery sod, Behold I will build me a nest on the greatness of God: I will ily in the greatness of God as the ..."

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