guinea hen

/ˈɡɪni hɛn/

noun

The female of the guinea fowl.

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Meanings

nounguinea hen (countable and uncountable, plural guinea hens or guinea hen)

plural guinea hens

  1. countableThe female of the guinea fowl.
  2. countableThis bird prepared as food.

    What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen.

    1954, Alice B. Toklas, The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, Doubleday, page 6
  3. uncountableThe meat of this bird.
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APA

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