单词 | purple gallinule |
释义 | purple gallinulenouna purple, blue, green, and white gallinule, Porphyrula martinica, inhabiting warmer areas of the New World, having a bright red, yellow, and blue bill, and lemon-yellow legs and feet. any of several large, Old World gallinules of the genus Porphyrio. Origin of purple gallinuleAn Americanism dating back to 1805–15 Words nearby purple gallinulepurple beech, purple emperor, purple finch, purple foxglove, purple-fringed orchid, purple gallinule, purple grackle, purpleheart, purple heron, purple loosestrife, purple martin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for purple gallinulepurple gallinule nouna long-toed purple aquatic bird, Porphyrio porphyrio (or Porphyrula martinica), of the southern US and Europe, with red legs and red bill: family Rallidae (rails, etc) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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