Hen vs. Rooster
Hennoun
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for its eggs.
Roosternoun
A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
Hennoun
A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
Roosternoun
A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
Hennoun
(uncommon) A female fish or crustacean.
Roosternoun
An informer.
Hennoun
A woman, particularly
Roosternoun
A violent or disorderly person.
Hennoun
A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of her "hen night" festivities.
Roosternoun
(figuratively) A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
Hennoun
A hen night.
Roosternoun
A man.
Hennoun
An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
‘Don't cry, hen. Everything will be all right.’;
Roosternoun
A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
Hennoun
A henlike person of either sex.
Roosternoun
Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.
Hennoun
The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
Roosternoun
The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
‘Nor, when they [the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the neck of a rooster, did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George.’;
Henadverb
(dialectal) Hence.
Roosternoun
adult male chicken
Henverb
(dialectal) To throw.
Hennoun
The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.
Hennoun
adult female chicken
Hennoun
adult female bird
Hennoun
flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
Hennoun
female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
