"laying hen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: laying hens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} laying hen (plural laying hens)
  1. A hen raised for egg production, as opposed to a parent flock hen, raised to produce chicks. Translations (hen raised for egg production): دَجَاجَةُ البِيَّاضَة (dajājat al-biyyāḍa) [feminine] (Arabic), دْجاجة بيّاضة (djæja l-bəyyæḍa) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), 蛋雞 (Chinese Mandarin), 蛋鸡 (dànjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 蛋用雞 (Chinese Mandarin), 蛋用鸡 (dànyòngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 卵用雞 (Chinese Mandarin), 卵用鸡 (luǎnyòngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), nosnice [feminine] (Czech), legkip [common-gender] (Dutch), leghen [feminine] (Dutch), poule pondeuse [feminine] (French), Legehenne [feminine] (German), несу́шка (nesúška) [feminine] (Russian), nosnica [feminine] (Slovak), gallina ponedora [feminine] (Spanish), dakawa [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), poye ponresse [feminine] (Walloon)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "word": "Legehenne"
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "word": "nosnica"
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "word": "dakawa"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "word": "gallina ponedora"
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      "code": "wa",
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      "sense": "hen raised for egg production",
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      "word": "poye ponresse"
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