NOUN
- any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
- a coot found in North America
How To Use water hen In A Sentence
- Wild duck and water hens also frequent this area of the river and it is pleasant to watch from the bridge and note the wildlife come back to their old haunts.
- It is a pleasure to see the ducks, geese and water hens merrily splashing around in the lake.
- Water hens nested, herons fished, and ducks and puddocks swam in the dam.
- It is a pleasure to see the ducks, geese and water hens merrily splashing around in the lake.
- Ducks, geese and water hens will be introduced shortly and it is hoped over a short period to build up a colony.