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purple gallinule

DEFINITIONS OF: purple gallinule

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n gallinules with showy purplish plumage

Types:
European gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio
purple gallinule of southern Europe
American gallinule, Porphyrula martinica
American purple gallinule
Type of:
gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen, water hen
any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
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