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gallinule
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GALLINULE
n.[L. gallinula, dim. of gallina, a hen. ] A tribe of fowls of the grallic order, included under the genus Fulica, with the coot.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GALLINULE
Gal "li *nule, n. Etym: [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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 ).
Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gallinule
gal li nule |ˈgaləˌn (y )o͞ol ˈɡælənjul | ▶noun a marsh bird of the rail family, with mainly black, purplish-blue, or dark green plumage, and a red bill. [Genera Porphyrio and Porphyrula (or Gallinula ), family Rallidae: several species, including the purple gallinule (Porphyrula martinica ), found from the southeastern US to Argentina. See also moorhen . ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from modern Latin Gallinula (genus term ), diminutive of Latin gallina ‘hen, ’ from gallus ‘cock. ’
Oxford Dictionary
gallinule
gallinule |ˈgalɪnjuːl | ▶noun a marshbird of the rail family, with mainly black, purplish-blue, or dark green plumage and a red bill. ●Genera Porphyrio and Porphyrula (or Gallinula ), family Rallidae: several species. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from modern Latin Gallinula (genus term ), diminutive of Latin gallina ‘hen ’, from gallus ‘cock ’.
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