Gallinula

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Gallinula - gallinules genus Gallinulabird genus - a genus of birdsfamily Rallidae, Rallidae - rails; crakes; gallinules; cootsgallinule, swamphen, water hen, marsh hen - any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hensFlorida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans - North American dark bluish-grey gallinuleGallinula chloropus, moorhen - black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes