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Definition of Sage hen
1. Noun. Large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America.
Generic synonyms: Grouse
Group relationships: Centrocercus, Genus Centrocercus
Definition of Sage hen
1. Noun. The sage grouse, especially the female. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sage Hen
Literary usage of Sage hen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"The little lady asks my boys and girls if any of them are acquainted with birds
having feet "as fancy as those of the sage-hen and the grouse in Dakota ? ..."
2. The Tribune Almanac and Political Registerby Horace Greeley by Horace Greeley (1903)
"1; all quail and imported pheasants protected until 1903; partridge, grouse, sage
hen, native pheasant, ptarmigan, prairie chicken, Aug. 15-Dec. ..."
3. California for the Sportsman: Being a Collection of Hints as to the Haunts by Al M. Cumming, Allan Dunn, Southern Pacific Company (1911)
"SAGE-HEN SHOOTING ge-Hen, Sage-Cock or Sage-Fowl is a much larger bird than the
ic male bird when fully matured is as large as a hen turkey. ..."
4. The Penal Code of the State of California: Adopted February 14, 1872, with by California, James Henry Deering, Charles Howard Fairall (1915)
"... or shipped into the state from any other state, territory, or foreign country,
any mountain- quail, grouse, or sage-hen, is guilty of a misdemeanor. ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"Sage Grouse, several localities, such as 'sage hen Springs' and 'sage hen Creek,"
being thus named on account of the abundance of these birds. ..."
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