| 单词 | gallinule |
| 释义 | gallinule (once / 101020 pages) n WORD FAMILY gallinule: gallinules USAGE EXAMPLESHunting season also begins Thursday for other migratory species, including early goose, Virginia and sora rails, common snipe and common gallinules, also known as moorhens. Washington Times(Aug 31, 2016) The hunting season for rails and gallinules is Sept. 13-Nov. Washington Times(Aug 01, 2014) It differs considerably from the Black-bellied Gallinule of Latham, yet, perhaps, not sufficiently to record it as a distinct species. Swainson, William, Zoological Illustrations, Volume II...(2012) n 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 marsh hen, 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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