gallinulen.
/ˈɡalɪnjuːl/ Book-name for a genus of birds, typified by the moor-hen ( Gallinula chloropus). Also extended to other birds of allied genera.
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gallinule1776
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 486 Gallinule..215. Spotted..217. Common.
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 258 Common Gallinule..Common Water-Hen or More-Hen.
1833 C. Sturt Two Exped. Southern Austral. I. i. 39 Various tribes of the galinule [sic]..made incessant noises around us.
1872 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia xvii. §3. 274 That rich gallinule of velvet violet plumage proud.
1888 Riverside Nat. Hist. IV. 131 The purple-gallinules..typified by the European species (Porphyrio porphyrio) and the American Ionornis martinica.
Derivatives
gallinuline adj. pertaining to the gallinule.
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gallinuline1895
1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 764 It falls into line with another gallinuline character.
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