'Indian hen' definitions:

Definition of 'Indian hen'

From: GCIDE

Stake-driver \Stake"-driv`er\ (-dr[imac]v`[~e]r), n. (Zool.) The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen. [1913 Webster]