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单词 water hen
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water hen
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water hen: water hens
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This is one of the largest water hens found in Brazil, where it is very rare.
Swainson, William, Zoological Illustrations, Volume II...(2012)
At that moment she heard a noise at her feet which frightened her and a water hen jumped into the water, terrified.
Crewe-Jones, Florence, Nobody's Girl—(En Famille)(2010)
Thus, the Velvet Hen also, I fancy, is the Water Hen; but Bewick's Velvet-Runner partly confirms it to the Rail.
Ruskin, John, Love's Meinie—Three Lectures on Gre...(2010)
1n any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen
Florida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
North American dark bluish-grey gallinule
Gallinula chloropus, moorhen
black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
purple gallinule
gallinules with showy purplish plumage
European gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio
purple gallinule of southern Europe
American gallinule, Porphyrula martinica
American purple gallinule
aquatic bird
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
2n a coot found in North America
Syn|Hyper
American coot, Fulica americana, marsh hen, mud hen
coot
slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
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