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purple gallinule
DEFINITIONS OF:
purple gallinule
1
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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