Definition of "waterhen" [waterhen]

• A species of bird in the genus Amaurornis of the family Rallidae. (noun)

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• "“Jan. 29, 1878. — 5 pheasants, 4 hares, 2 brace of partridges, 2½ couple of rabbits, 3 woodcock, 2 woodpigeon, 1 waterhen, 2 snipe.”"
• "The white-breasted waterhen constructs its nursery in a thicket at the margin of some village pond."
• "We used to stay for hours listening to its murmur, to the sharp, strange cry of the swans that were kept there, and the twitter of the waterhen to her young among the reeds."