moorhen

English

Etymology

From Middle English morhen, perhaps from Old English *mōrhenn, an alteration of Old English wōrhenn (compare coordinate masculine term mōrhana, a possible corruption of wōrhana (“pheasant”)), equivalent to moor +‎ hen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmuɹ.hɛn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

moorhen (plural moorhens)

Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.
Synonyms: marsh hen, gallinule
(British) A female red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica.

Synonyms

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moggy (British slang)
stank hen
stankie

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Translations

water birds of the genus Gallinula

Asturian: gallineta (ast), andarríos (ast)
Breton: douryar (br) f
Bulgarian: водна кокошка f (vodna kokoška)
Catalan: polla d'aigua f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑水雞 / 黑水鸡 (hēishuǐjī)
Czech: slípka (cs) f
Dhivehi: އޮޅުވަލު ކަނބިލި (oḷuvalu kaᵐbili)
Dutch: waterhoen (nl) n
Esperanto: galinolo
Finnish: liejukana (fi)
French: poule d’eau (fr) f
Galician: pita cega (gl) f, arcea (gl) f, galiñola f
German: Teichralle (de) f
Greek: νερόκοτα (el) f (nerókota)
Hungarian: vízityúk (hu)
Irish: cearc uisce f
Italian: gallinella d'acqua (it) f
Kapampangan: patirik-tirik
Norman: poule dg'ieau f (Jersey)
Polish: kokoszka (pl) f
Portuguese: frango-d'água m, galinha-d'água (pt) f
Romanian: găinușă (ro) f, găinușă-de-baltă (ro) f
Russian: камы́шница (ru) f (kamýšnica)
Serbo-Croatian: mlakuša (sh) f, zelenonoga guša (sh) f
Spanish: gallineta de agua f
Swedish: rörhöna (sv) c
Venetan: sfoio m, viatàra f
Welsh: iâr ddŵr f

References

moorhen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gallinula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lagopus lagopus scotica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

hormone