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bush-hen

/ˈbʊʃ.hɛn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
bush-hen
IPA
/ˈbʊʃ.hɛn/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Some species of bird in the genus Amaurornis in the family Rallidae.

Etymology

From bush + hen.

Inflected Forms

bush-hens (plural)

Phrases

brown bush-hen Amaurornis akool Isabelline bush-hen Amaurornis isabellina pale-vented bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana plain bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea

Synonyms

crake

Questions

How do you pronounce bush-hen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʊʃ.hɛn/.
What does bush-hen mean?
Some species of bird in the genus Amaurornis in the family Rallidae.
Where does bush-hen come from?
From bush + hen.

How to pronounce bush-hen

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