gallinule noun.
['galɪnju:l] L18.[mod. Latin Gallinula genus name, dim. of Latin gallina hen: see -ULE.]Any of various aquatic birds of the rail family, esp. of the genera
Porphyrio and
Porphyrula.
common gallinule N. Amer. the moorhen,
Gallinula chloropus.
purple gallinule: see
PURPLE adjective.
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