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swamphen

DEFINITIONS OF: swamphen

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n any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

Synonyms:
gallinule, marsh hen, water hen
Types:
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Florida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
North American dark bluish-grey gallinule
Gallinula chloropus, moorhen
black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
purple gallinule
gallinules with showy purplish plumage
European gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio
purple gallinule of southern Europe
American gallinule, Porphyrula martinica
American purple gallinule
Type of:
aquatic bird
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
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