Legehenne — meaning in English

English meaning

• hen noun An adult female chicken, especially one kept for laying eggs.
• layer noun A single thickness of material covering a surface, or one level in a stack of such materials.

Senses

Legehenne is used for these senses in English:

• hen A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
• hen A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
• layer A hen kept to lay eggs; a breed of chicken bred to maximize laying output.
• laying hen A hen raised for egg production, as opposed to a parent flock hen, raised to produce chicks.

hen — full definition

1. noun An adult female chicken, especially one kept for laying eggs.
2. noun An adult female of various other bird species.
3. noun A casual, often affectionate term for a woman, especially in British and Scottish speech.

layer — full definition

1. noun A single thickness of material covering a surface, or one level in a stack of such materials.
2. noun A hen kept specifically for producing eggs.
3. verb To arrange something in layers.

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