sea hen

From sea +‎ hen.

sea hen (plural sea hens)

1. Any of various seabirds, especially the common guillemot (Uria aalge).
   • 1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

     Besides the penguin many other birds are here to be found, among which may be mentioned sea-hens, blue peterels, teal, ducks, […]

2. lumpsucker, lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)

• “sea hen”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Aneesh, Sheena