NOUN | animal | marsh hen, American coot, mud hen, water hen, Fulica americana | a coot found in North America |
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animal | marsh hen, gallinule, 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 |
Meaning | A coot found in North America. | |
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Synonyms | American coot, mud hen, water hen, Fulica americana | |
Member of | Fulica, genus Fulica | coots |
Broader | coot | slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks |
Spanish | focha americana, focha cenicienta, Fulica Americana, fúlica americana, gallereta |
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 | gallinule, 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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