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gallinule (iou)



gallinule noun. L18.
[mod. Latin Gallinula genus name, dim. of Latin gallina hen: see -ULE.]
Any of various aquatic birds of the rail family, esp. of the genera Porphyrio and Porphyrula.
common gallinule N. Amer. the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus. purple gallinule: see PURPLE adjective.