any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | marsh hen, swamphen, water hen |
Type of | aquatic bird |
Has types | florida gallinule, gallinula chloropus, gallinula chloropus cachinnans, purple gallinule, moorhen |
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