| NOUN | animal | gallinule, marsh hen, water hen, swamphen | any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens |
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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. | |
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| Synonyms | marsh hen, water hen, swamphen | |
| Member of | Gallinula, genus Gallinula | gallinules |
| Narrower | Florida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans | North American dark bluish-grey gallinule |
| moorhen, Gallinula chloropus | black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes | |
| purple gallinule | gallinules with showy purplish plumage | |
| Broader | aquatic bird | wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water |
| Spanish | becada, chocha, gallina sorda, swamphen | |
| Catalan | gallina de mar, swamphen | |
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