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Moorhen in a sentence

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Moorhen | Moorhens

Moorhen meaning

  1. Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.
  2. A female red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica.

Synonyms of Moorhen

gallinula chloropus moorgame moor-bird moorbird moorfowl red grouse swamphen water hen marsh hen gallinule lagopus scoticus

Related words

Other words often associated with Moorhen or its synonyms:

ptarmigan coot

Using Moorhen

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins. | A female red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica.
  • Useful related words include: gallinula chloropus, moorgame, moor-bird, moorbird.

Context around Moorhen

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

young 1× coot 1×

Often after:

water 1×

Sentence patterns with Moorhen

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

of a moorhen on the 1× than a moorhen water rails 1× the coot moorhen and great 1× unlike young moorhen are very 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a little smaller 1× andy gregory was 1× these include the 1× young coots unlike 1×

Common sentence endings:

a dirty green 1× boggy wet ground 1× brown speckled bodies 1× wye at bakewell 1×

Words around Moorhen

Just before it in the word index:

moorhead 145 moorgate 11 moorfields 11 moorfield 2 mooreville 2 mooretown 2

Just after it in the word index:

moorhens 6 moorhouse 15 mooring 75 moorings 58 moorish 74 moorjani 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Moorhen

  • In this selection, "moorhen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, young, coot and water stand out and add context to how "moorhen" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of a moorhen on the and than a moorhen water rails. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "moorhen" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with moorhen

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Young coots, unlike young moorhen, are very bright with reddish cheeks, bare heads and brown speckled bodies. (17 words)

Andy Gregory was in the right place to snap this lovely shot of a moorhen on the rocks in the River Wye at Bakewell. (24 words)

A little smaller than a Moorhen, Water Rails have similar substantial feet with long toes that enable them to move quickly in shallow water and over boggy, wet ground. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

These include the coot, moorhen and great crested grebe which, when temporarily absent from the nest, covers up its eggs with water weed, staining them from their original white to a dirty green. (33 words)

A little smaller than a Moorhen, Water Rails have similar substantial feet with long toes that enable them to move quickly in shallow water and over boggy, wet ground. (29 words)

Andy Gregory was in the right place to snap this lovely shot of a moorhen on the rocks in the River Wye at Bakewell. (24 words)

Example sentences (4)

A little smaller than a Moorhen, Water Rails have similar substantial feet with long toes that enable them to move quickly in shallow water and over boggy, wet ground.

Andy Gregory was in the right place to snap this lovely shot of a moorhen on the rocks in the River Wye at Bakewell.

Young coots, unlike young moorhen, are very bright with reddish cheeks, bare heads and brown speckled bodies.

These include the coot, moorhen and great crested grebe which, when temporarily absent from the nest, covers up its eggs with water weed, staining them from their original white to a dirty green.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "moorhen" in a sentence?
An example: "A little smaller than a Moorhen, Water Rails have similar substantial feet with long toes that enable them to move quickly in shallow water and over boggy, wet ground." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "moorhen" from authentic English texts.
What does "moorhen" mean?
Moorhen means: Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.
What are synonyms of "moorhen"?
Common synonyms of "moorhen" include: gallinula chloropus, moorgame, moor-bird, moorbird, moorfowl, red grouse, swamphen, water hen. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "moorhen" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "moorhen", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.