Definition of purple gallinule in English:

purple gallinule

noun

another term for swamphen
Example sentencesExamples
- At the pond behind the laundry, the water was higher than I'd seen before. Two purple gallinules, a few moorhens and a coot were walking around out of the water eating plants.
- The beautiful Purple Gallinule lives primarily in freshwater marshes.

Definition of purple gallinule in US English:

purple gallinule

noun

1
another term for gallinule
Example sentencesExamples
- The beautiful Purple Gallinule lives primarily in freshwater marshes.
- Female purple gallinules lay six to ten eggs in a nest of dead tree stems and leaves.
2A marsh bird of the rail family, with a purplish-blue head and breast and a large red bill, found throughout the Old World.
Porphyrio porphyrio, family Rallidae
Example sentencesExamples
- In the lagoon I saw a couple of coots, three moorhens chasing each other around in the grass, a magpie flying over the marsh, and a spectacular purple gallinule (not the same species as the one in North America).
- Texans licensed to hunt with trained raptors may loose those birds through Jan. 28 on rails, moorhens and purple gallinules.

单词	purple gallinule
释义	Definition of purple gallinule in English: purple gallinule noun another term for swamphen Example sentencesExamples At the pond behind the laundry, the water was higher than I'd seen before. Two purple gallinules, a few moorhens and a coot were walking around out of the water eating plants. The beautiful Purple Gallinule lives primarily in freshwater marshes. Definition of purple gallinule in US English: purple gallinule noun 1 another term for gallinule Example sentencesExamples The beautiful Purple Gallinule lives primarily in freshwater marshes. Female purple gallinules lay six to ten eggs in a nest of dead tree stems and leaves. 2A marsh bird of the rail family, with a purplish-blue head and breast and a large red bill, found throughout the Old World. Porphyrio porphyrio, family Rallidae Example sentencesExamples In the lagoon I saw a couple of coots, three moorhens chasing each other around in the grass, a magpie flying over the marsh, and a spectacular purple gallinule (not the same species as the one in North America). Texans licensed to hunt with trained raptors may loose those birds through Jan. 28 on rails, moorhens and purple gallinules.
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