SWAMPHEN

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

gallinule; marsh hen; swamphen; water hen

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("swamphen" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swamphen"):

Gallinula chloropus; moorhen (black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes)

purple gallinule (gallinules with showy purplish plumage)

Holonyms ("swamphen" is a member of...):

Gallinula; genus Gallinula (gallinules)