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Definition of Gallinule
1. Noun. Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens.
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Bird
Group relationships: Gallinula, Genus Gallinula
Specialized synonyms: Florida Gallinule, Gallinula Chloropus Cachinnans, Gallinula Chloropus, Moorhen, Purple Gallinule
Definition of Gallinule
1. n. One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).
Definition of Gallinule
1. Noun. Several species of birds in the genera ''Porphyrio'' and ''Gallinula'' of the family Rallidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gallinule
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Medical Definition of Gallinule
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallinule
Literary usage of Gallinule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"The five eggs which it now contained were nearly under water and the female
gallinule was swimming around close to the nest. Thinking that she might desert ..."
2. American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Robert Jameson, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington (1831)
"It frequents the rice fields and fresh water ponds, in company with the common
gallinule ; but the latter, being of a more hardy nature, remains all winter ..."
3. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Figure 46- The scalloped membrane or web along the sides of the toes is distinctive,
but even when swimming the bird may be known from the gallinule, ..."
4. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"Common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Called also: FLORIDA gallinule; WATER HEN;
... The truth probably is that the range of the Florida gallinule has not ..."
5. Feathered Game of the Northeast by Walter Herbert Rich (1907)
"There are perhaps half a dozen records of the capture of this species on the
North American continent. THE PURPLE gallinule. ..."
6. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The gallinule strikes with its bill, and in spring has a shrill call. ... F.
porphyrio, the purple gallinule, is about the size of a fowl, or seventeen ..."
7. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"FLORIDA gallinule, OR RED-BILLED MUD-HEN. ... form so like a sleek bantam hen,
in habits so like a coot, the Florida gallinule is a most interesting study. ..."
8. Memorial Edition of Thomas Bewick's Works by Thomas Bewick, Austin Dobson (1885)
"According to his description, it differs chiefly from the Little gallinule in
being of a more plain plumage, being composed of deeper and lighter shades of ..."
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