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Definition of Moorhen
1. Noun. Black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes.
Group relationships: Gallinula, Genus Gallinula
Generic synonyms: Gallinule, Marsh Hen, Swamphen, Water Hen
2. Noun. Female red grouse.
Definition of Moorhen
1. Noun. Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus ''Gallinula'', of the rail family, that feed in open water margins. ¹
2. Noun. (British) A female red grouse, ''Lagopus lagopus scotica''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moorhen
1. the female moorfowl [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moorhen
Literary usage of Moorhen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"Many, however, do not, BO I will try and pourtray the moorhen for the benefit of
those who have not possessed the same advantages. Our moorhen, Waterhen ..."
2. Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton: Giving a by Edward Thomas Booth (1876)
"During cold and stormy weather they remain remarkably silent, hardly a sound,
except the occasional scream of a Coot or moorhen, being heard through the ..."
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