| 单词 | marsh hen |
| 释义 | marsh hen (once / 909178 pages) n WORD FAMILY marsh hen: marsh hens USAGE EXAMPLESDown they scurried like three valiant marsh hens to aid the turtle. Johnston, Mary, The Long Roll(2010) From the grass above came the sleepy cry of marsh hens, and once a great white heron rose like a ghost across their path. Johnston, Mary, Prisoners of Hope—A Tale of Colonia...(2010) In the meantime he would not rob that marsh hen's nest which he had found. Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, The Voice of the People(2010) 1n a coot found in North America Syn|Hyper American coot, Fulica americana, mud hen, water hen coot slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks 2n 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, swamphen, water hen Florida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans North American dark bluish-grey gallinule Gallinula chloropus, moorhenblack gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes purple gallinulegallinules with showy purplish plumage European gallinule, Porphyrio porphyriopurple gallinule of southern Europe American gallinule, Porphyrula martinicaAmerican purple gallinule aquatic bird wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water |
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