swamphen (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *swamphen*:
NOUN	animal	swamphen, gallinule, marsh hen, 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

English > *swamphen*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
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, water hen
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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