| NOUN | animal | purple gallinule | gallinules with showy purplish plumage |
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| Meaning | gallinules with showy purplish plumage. | |
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| Narrower | American gallinule, Porphyrula martinica | American purple gallinule |
| European gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio | purple gallinule of southern Europe | |
| Broader | 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 |
| Spanish | calamón común | |
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