| NOUN | animal | water hen, American coot, marsh hen, mud hen, Fulica americana | a coot found in North America |
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| animal | water hen, gallinule, marsh 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, marsh hen, mud 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, marsh 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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