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GALLINULA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gallinules
Synonyms:
Gallinula; genus Gallinula
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gallinula" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Gallinula"):
gallinule; marsh hen; swamphen; water hen (any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens)
Florida gallinule; Gallinula chloropus cachinnans (North American dark bluish-grey gallinule)
Gallinula chloropus; moorhen (black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes)
Holonyms ("Gallinula" is a member of...):
family Rallidae; Rallidae (rails; crakes; gallinules; coots)
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