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gal·li·nule

(găl′ə-no͞ol′, -nyo͞ol′)

Any of various waterbirds of the family Rallidae, frequenting swampy regions and characteristically having dark iridescent plumage and a colorful area where the bill extends onto the forehead.

[Latin gallīnula, pullet, diminutive of gallīna, hen; see gallinaceous.]

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gallinule

(ˈɡælɪˌnjuːl)

1. (Animals) any of various aquatic birds of the genera Porphyrio and Porphyrula, typically having a dark plumage, red bill, and a red shield above the bill: family Rallidae (rails)

2. (Animals) common gallinule the US name for moorhen¹

[C18: from New Latin Gallīnula genus name, from Late Latin: pullet, chicken, from Latin gallīna hen]

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gal•li•nule

(ˈgæl əˌnul, -ˌnyul)

n.

any of several typically brightly colored aquatic rails of the genera Porphyrio, Porphyrula, and Gallinula, having elongated, webless toes.

[1770–80; < New Latin Gallinula a genus name, Late Latin gallīnula chicken = Latin gallīn(a) hen + -ula -ule]

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gallinule - any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

swamphen, water hen, marsh hen

aquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water

Gallinula, genus Gallinula - gallinules

Florida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans - North American dark bluish-grey gallinule

Gallinula chloropus, moorhen - black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes

purple gallinule - gallinules with showy purplish plumage

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