gallinule
/ˈɡalɪnjuːl
/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.
- In a familiar oxbow lake, there were gallinules and egrets, even a couple of brightly colored wood ducks and five blue-winged teal.
- It's a takahe, an extraordinary, huge flightless gallinule long believed to be extinct until rediscovered in a remote mountain range 50 years ago.
Origin
Late 18th century: from modern Latin Gallinula (genus term), diminutive of Latin gallina 'hen', from gallus 'cock'.
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