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PURPLE GALLINULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gallinules with showy purplish plumage
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("purple gallinule" is a kind of...):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "purple gallinule"):
European gallinule; Porphyrio porphyrio (purple gallinule of southern Europe)
American gallinule; Porphyrula martinica (American purple gallinule)
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