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Marsh Hen

Definitions: Marsh Hen

Marsh Hen

Noun

1. North American coot.

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Marsh Hen

Synonyms: gallinule (n), mud hen (n), swamphen (n), water hen (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Marsh Hen

English words defined with "marsh hen": hen harrier. (references)

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Photo Album: Marsh Hen

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Clapper Rail, or salt-water marsh hen, spends most of its time between mangrove roots feeding on little creatures that live in estuarine waters.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Marsh Hen

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "marsh hen": Salt-marsh hen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Marsh Hen

Language Translations for "marsh hen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Turkish

  

sutavuğu (coot, moorhen, mud hen, rail). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Marsh Hen

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-h-m-n-r-s"

-1 letter: harshen.

-2 letters: ashmen, harems, masher, namers, ramens, rehash, remans, shmear.

-3 letters: amens, ashen, earns, haems, hames, hanse, harem, hares, harms, harsh, hears, herma, herms, herns, manes, manse, mares, marse, marsh, maser, means, mensa, namer, names, nares, nears, nemas, ramen, reams, reman, rheas, saner, shame, share, sharn, shear, smear, snare.

-4 letters: ahem, amen, anes, ares.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-h-m-n-r-s"
 

+4 letters: horsemanship.

 

+5 letters: chlorenchymas, chrysanthemum, horsemanships.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Marsh Hen


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 72 73 68      48 65 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01110010 01110011 01101000 00100000 01001000 01100101 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#114 &#115 &#104 &#32 &#72 &#101 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0072 0073 0068      0048 0065 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47678485742427180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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