water hen

Noun water hen has 2 senses

• water hen(n = noun.animal) american coot, fulica americana, marsh hen, mud hen - a coot found in North America;
is a member of fulica, genus fulica
is a kind of coot

• water hen(n = noun.animal) gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen - any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens;
is a kind of aquatic bird
is a member of gallinula, genus gallinula
has particulars: florida gallinule, gallinula chloropus cachinnans, gallinula chloropus, moorhen, purple gallinule