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GENUS GALLINULA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Gallinules

Synonyms:

Gallinula; genus Gallinula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Gallinula"):

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)

Florida gallinule; Gallinula chloropus cachinnans (North American dark bluish-grey gallinule)

Gallinula chloropus; moorhen (black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes)

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

family Rallidae; Rallidae (rails; crakes; gallinules; coots)

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