Get to know Moorhens better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning.
Moorhens meaning
plural of moorhen
Using Moorhens
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of moorhen
- In the example corpus, moorhens often appears in combinations such as: and moorhens.
Context around Moorhens
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Moorhens
- In this selection, "moorhens" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dusky, dragonflies, gough and may stand out and add context to how "moorhens" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and dusky moorhens and coots and moorhens may be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "moorhens" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with moorhens
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The rail family includes birds such as crakes, coots, swamphens, and moorhens. (12 words)
In 1956 eight Gough moorhens were released at Sandy Point on Tristan, and have subsequently colonised the island. (18 words)
Along with aquatic species, some terrestrial species were detected such as possums, swamp wallabies, grey-headed flying fox, aquatic birds like cormorants, wood ducks and dusky moorhens. (27 words)
Ducks, mergansers, geese, coots and moorhens may be harvested; accompanying adults are not permitted to harvest these species during the hunt unless hunting during the September portion of the Canada goose hunting season or the early teal season. (38 words)
In December 2021, a wildlife pond was established, reversing the loss of ponds in the Scottish countryside, which now teems with life—frogs, dragonflies, moorhens, and even the occasional heron—creating a small yet vibrant ecosystem. (36 words)
Along with aquatic species, some terrestrial species were detected such as possums, swamp wallabies, grey-headed flying fox, aquatic birds like cormorants, wood ducks and dusky moorhens. (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
The rail family includes birds such as crakes, coots, swamphens, and moorhens.
Along with aquatic species, some terrestrial species were detected such as possums, swamp wallabies, grey-headed flying fox, aquatic birds like cormorants, wood ducks and dusky moorhens.
In December 2021, a wildlife pond was established, reversing the loss of ponds in the Scottish countryside, which now teems with life—frogs, dragonflies, moorhens, and even the occasional heron—creating a small yet vibrant ecosystem.
Ducks, mergansers, geese, coots and moorhens may be harvested; accompanying adults are not permitted to harvest these species during the hunt unless hunting during the September portion of the Canada goose hunting season or the early teal season.
In 1956 eight Gough moorhens were released at Sandy Point on Tristan, and have subsequently colonised the island.
Common combinations with moorhens
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: