gallinule

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gal·li·nule

G0020800 (găl′ə-no͞ol′, -nyo͞ol′)n. Any of various waterbirds of the family Rallidae, frequenting swampy regions and characteristically having dark iridescent plumage and a colorful area where the bill extends onto the forehead.

[Latin gallīnula, pullet, diminutive of gallīna, hen; see gallinaceous.]

gallinule

(ˈɡælɪˌnjuːl) n1. (Animals) any of various aquatic birds of the genera Porphyrio and Porphyrula, typically having a dark plumage, red bill, and a red shield above the bill: family Rallidae (rails)2. (Animals) common gallinule the US name for moorhen¹[C18: from New Latin Gallīnula genus name, from Late Latin: pullet, chicken, from Latin gallīna hen]

gal•li•nule

(ˈgæl əˌnul, -ˌnyul)

n. any of several typically brightly colored aquatic rails of the genera Porphyrio, Porphyrula, and Gallinula, having elongated, webless toes. [1770–80; < New Latin Gallinula a genus name, Late Latin gallīnula chicken = Latin gallīn(a) hen + -ula -ule]

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gallinule - any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hensswamphen, water hen, marsh henaquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt waterGallinula, genus Gallinula - gallinulesFlorida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans - North American dark bluish-grey gallinuleGallinula chloropus, moorhen - black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakespurple gallinule - gallinules with showy purplish plumage

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gallinule

gallinule:

see railrail,
common name for some members of the large family Rallidae, marsh and tropical forest birds that include the gallinule and the coot, two specialized rails. Rails are cosmopolitan in distribution, except in polar regions.
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Gallinule

(Gallínula), a genus of birds in the order Grui-formes. There are four species: the common gallinule (Gallínula chlowpus) is found in the USSR. Length, approximately 35 cm. Its legs are long, and the beak and tail are short. The back is brownish olive, and the belly gray; there are white lengthwise stripes along the sides. The head is black, with a red spot on the forehead, and the beak is red with a yellow top. Birds of the Gallínula genus are found throughout the world, except Australia.

In the USSR, the common gallinule is found as far north as Leningrad and Omsk and as far east as the Altai. It also nests in Primor’e Krai, Sakhalin Island, and the southern Kuril Islands.

Gallinules are migratory birds and only rarely stay the winterin their nesting grounds. They settle in freshwater, overgrown, grassy bodies of water and build nests in the middle of the waterin rushes or bushes. The female lays six to 12 eggs twice a year.They feed mainly on aquatic invertebrates.

gallinule

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Synonyms for gallinule

noun any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

Synonyms

swamphen
water hen
marsh hen

Related Words

aquatic bird
Gallinula
genus Gallinula
Florida gallinule
Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
Gallinula chloropus
moorhen
purple gallinule