GALLINULA CHLOROPUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes

Synonyms:

Gallinula chloropus; moorhen

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Gallinula chloropus" is a kind of...):

gallinule; marsh hen; swamphen; 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)

Holonyms ("Gallinula chloropus" is a member of...):

Gallinula; genus Gallinula (gallinules)

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