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单词 marsh hen
释义
marsh hen
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WORD FAMILY
marsh hen: marsh hens
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Down they scurried like three valiant marsh hens to aid the turtle.
Johnston, Mary, The Long Roll(2010)
From the grass above came the sleepy cry of marsh hens, and once a great white heron rose like a ghost across their path.
Johnston, Mary, Prisoners of Hope—A Tale of Colonia...(2010)
In the meantime he would not rob that marsh hen's nest which he had found.
Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, The Voice of the People(2010)
1n a coot found in North America
Syn|Hyper
American coot, Fulica americana, mud hen, water hen
coot
slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
2n any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
gallinule, swamphen, water hen
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
aquatic bird
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
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