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Definition of Genus Gallinula
1. Noun. Gallinules.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Rallidae, Rallidae
Member holonyms: Gallinule, Marsh Hen, Swamphen, Water Hen, Florida Gallinule, Gallinula Chloropus Cachinnans, Gallinula Chloropus, Moorhen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gallinula
Literary usage of Genus Gallinula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick; accidental in England and
Bermuda. genus Gallinula BRISSON. Gallinula BRISSON, Orn., VI, 1760, 2. ..."
2. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"Purple Gallinule. Gulf States ; casually north to New England and Illinois ;
breeds front southern Illinois and Carolinas southward. genus Gallinula. Bums. ..."
3. The Voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and by François Le Guat, Samuel Pasfield Oliver (1891)
"... and finally, since its colour is very different from that of Porphyrio, we
must accordingly range it under the genus Gallinula. ..."
4. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"genus Gallinula. Gallinula, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 3 (1760). Type, G. chloropus (Linn.).
The Water-Hens are distinguished by their red frontal shield, ..."
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