a female of the common domestic fowl
domesticated bird
Cases of word usage
1) the noise made by a hen after laying an egg (cackle)
2) a young bird, especially hen (chicken)
3) (to make) the sound made by a hen e.g. when calling her chickens (cluck)
4) any bird; a domestic cock or hen (fowl)
5) the heart, liver, gizzard etc of a goose, hen etc taken out before the bird is cooked (giblets)
6) a young hen (pullet)