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sage hen

noun

  1. the sage grouse, especially the female.


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Origin of sage hen1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

My blood began to simmer like sage hen stew.

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“Sage brush is essential habitat for native animals like mule deer, sage hen and cottontails,” said Mosley.

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“David” and the other hunters of the company also killed sage hens, antelope and buffalo.

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The sage grouse, or sage hen is the largest of the grouse of America, some of the males weighing as much as seven pounds.

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That bird-benedict must be sized like a sage hen to toot all that.

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