An aquatic rail (rail, n.3). Any of various rails of Eurasia; esp. the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) (77) water henc1520 An aquatic rail (rail, n.3). Any of various rails of Eurasia; esp. the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus. railbird1574 A rail or crake; (in later use) spec. (U.S.) the sora, Porzana carolina, esp. considered as a game bird. purple gallinule1782 (a) = purple swamphen n.; (b) (also American purple gallinule) a similar but smaller North American rail, Porphyrio (or Porphyrula, or Gallinula)… rail1792 More widely: any bird of the family Rallidae; esp. (usually with distinguishing word) any of various birds of the genus Rallus and related genera… water cock1864 An aquatic Asian rail, Gallicrex cinerea, whose male has blackish plumage and a red frontal shield in the breeding season. Subcategories:— genus Rallus (14) — gallirallus ausralis (weka) (5) — crex crex (corn-crake) (14) — member of genus Porzana (5) — genus Gallinula (12) — porphyrio porphyrio (swamp hen) (6) — notornis mantelli (3) — genus Fulica (11) — rail or coot (2) |
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