hen
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
Other meanings
A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
The penis of a trans woman.
A kind of
- chicken
Kinds of hen
- brood hen
- mother hen
- layer
Word history
From Old English "henn".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hen” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.