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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
peahen
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A peahen, on the other hand, does not even get such protection.
▪ Each peahen is on a treadmill and dare not jump off lest she condemn her sons to celibacy.
▪ Might the peahens not have perfectly good direct reasons for choosing as they do?
▪ The peahens have merely been seduced rather than won.
▪ What is more, most of the peahens choose the same male.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peahen

Peahen \Pea"hen`\, n. [See Peacock.] (Zo["o]l.) The hen or female peafowl.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
peahen

c.1400, from Old English pawa "peafowl" (see peacock) + hen.

Wiktionary
peahen

n. A female peafowl.

WordNet
peahen

n. female peafowl

Usage examples of "peahen".

He was now being chased by an angry peahen for disturbing her nest and appeared to be in dire peril of his life.

Mad as a peahen, she tore herself free and delivered a blow square on the shoulder of the man who was holding her.

A fourth corpse was found at the Peahen Inn clutching a declaration of loyalty to the Stuart cause.

Late in the afternoon, at the Peahen Inn he used for such meetings, Murraythere known as the Reverend Archibald Campbell of the Church of Scotlandsummoned Kenny and Mack.

At the Peahen, Michael Murray, in his persona as the Reverend Campbell, listened to the leader of the pack of street monkeys.

As they followed the twisting path, a peahen began to shriek from her perch in a nearby tree.

I intend to find out exactly why such a prissy little peahen would come gunning for the likes of Billy Darling.

Late in the afternoon, at the Peahen Inn he used for such meetings, Murray-there known as the Reverend Archibald Campbell of the Church of Scotland-summoned Kenny and Mack.

Pair of drab brown peahens and a gloriOuslY colored peacock scratched in the thick green carpet of grass for sustenance.

Behind him came the two peahens Olivia had seen earlier, still pecking busily at the grass, and a second peacock, strutting with his head up and his tail fully extended.

Still chattering like a congregation of peahens, the women swarmed inside, and safe now from masculine eyes, began to shed their thick shawls and scarves and cloaks, and to fling themselves panting on couches.

There were narrow tracks worn through the tall grasses which Telmon said were certainly made by cassowaries, but all they found were two peahens, which whirred up under their ponies' hooves and flew off into the dusk.

The important point is that nature doesn't need computing power in order to select, except in special cases like peahens choosing peacocks.

The gaggle of diminutive peahens loose in the avenue continued to peck away at the wiry grass, ignoring the display.

It is just the spittle cock boys who need threats and roaring, never lovely little peahens like you.