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HEN , a See also:female See also:bird, especially the female of the See also:common See also:fowl (q.v.) . The O . Eng. ha;i is the feminine See also:form of hana, the male bird, a correlation of words which is represented in other See also:Teutonic See also:languages, cf . Ger . See also:Hahn, Henne, Dutch haan, See also:lien, Swed. hane, bonne, &c . The O . Eng. name for the male bird has disappeared, its See also:place being taken by " See also:cock," a word probably of onomatopoeic origin. being from a See also:base kuk- or kik-, seen also in "chicken." This word also appears in Fr. coy, and See also:medieval See also:Lat. coccus . |
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