Definition of American gallinule

1. Noun. American purple gallinule.

Exact synonyms: Porphyrula Martinica
Generic synonyms: Purple Gallinule
Group relationships: Genus Porphyrula, Porphyrula

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Gallinule

American eagles
American egret
American elder
American elk
American elm
American featherfoil
American feverfew
American flag
American flagfish
American fly honeysuckle
American flying squirrel
American football
American football game
American foxhound
American frogbit
American gallinule
American gentian
American germander
American ginseng
American golden plover
American golden plovers
American gray birch
American green toad
American hackberry
American harvest mouse
American hazel
American hellebore
American holly
American hop
American hornbeam

Literary usage of American gallinule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. California for the Sportsman: Being a Collection of Hints as to the Haunts by Al M. Cumming, Allan Dunn, Southern Pacific Company (1911)
"The american gallinule (Gallinula galeata) is a marsh bird allied to the rails, and is about fourteen inches long, some five inches shorter than the king- ..."

2. Report of the Council by Surrey Archaeological Society (1820)
"The Hammer-headed Shark, South american gallinule, Little-ringed Plover, and Common Snipe (Male and Female and Young) Pair of the ..."

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